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analysis Box CEO Aaron Levie says tech executives suffer from AI psychosis
Box founder Aaron Levie argues CEOs are prone to AI delusions because they're too distant from actual implementation work to understand what can realistically be automated.
MiniMax Releases M2 Series: 230B Parameter Model with 9.8B Active Tokens
Chinese AI lab MiniMax unveiled its M2 series of mixture-of-experts language models, with the flagship containing 229.9 billion total parameters but activating only 9.8 billion per token.
Researchers Develop CUDAnalyst to Decode AI Agent Planning in GPU Code Generation
New research introduces CUDAnalyst, an analysis framework that reveals how AI agents make planning decisions when generating CUDA kernel code by isolating and attributing different feedback signals.
Anthropic Launches Claude Tag for Slack Team Collaboration
Anthropic released Claude Tag, a Slack integration that lets teams delegate tasks to Claude as an autonomous team member with access to channels, tools, and codebases.
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño custom inference chip
OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to develop Jalapeño, a custom AI chip optimized for large language model inference to boost performance and efficiency.
Mistral Ships OCR 4 Document Intelligence Tool Supporting 170 Languages
Mistral AI launched OCR 4, a document intelligence system that extracts structured content with bounding boxes and confidence scores across 170 languages, claiming 4x speed improvements over competitors.
GitHub investigating unauthorized access to internal repositories
GitHub disclosed it is investigating unauthorized access to internal repositories but says no evidence yet shows customer data outside internal systems was compromised.
Thinking Machines debuts open-weight Inkling AI model with 975B parameters
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model available for full customization and deployment.
Valarian Raises $50 Million for Sovereign AI Infrastructure Control Layer
London-based Valarian secured $50 million Series A funding to build software that gives governments and enterprises control over AI deployments on US cloud infrastructure.
OpenAI launches $230 Codex keyboard amid Apple hardware legal battle
OpenAI enters the hardware market with a limited-run $230 keyboard for managing AI coding agents, while facing legal challenges from Apple over hardware trade theft allegations.
Thinking Machines releases Inkling, its first open-weight AI model
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's startup launched a 975 billion parameter mixture-of-experts model designed to challenge one-size-fits-all AI approaches.
Google DeepMind Researcher Quits Over Pentagon AI Deal and DHS Contracts
TurnTrout left Google DeepMind after the company signed military AI contracts without restrictions on autonomous weapons, despite internal campaigns and ethics pledges from senior leadership.
Anthropic schedules investor meetings for potential $965 billion IPO
Anthropic is lining up investor meetings ahead of a potential IPO as soon as October, with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan leading the offering.
Suno hack reveals YouTube scraping for AI music training
A security breach at AI music generator Suno exposed source code showing the company scraped decades of audio from YouTube Music, Deezer, and other platforms for training data.
Enterprise AI Shifts From Pilots to Production Workflows in 2026
Deloitte research shows companies are moving beyond AI experimentation to redesigning entire business workflows, with success now measured by cycle times and ROI rather than employee access.
Aramco in talks to back Humanoid at $1bn valuation
London-based robotics startup Humanoid is seeking $200m in funding that would value the company at around $1bn, with Saudi Aramco among potential investors.