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Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for ‘any lawful government purpose’

The Information reported the deal on Tuesday. The agreement allows the DoD to use Google’s AI models without the restrictions that led Anthropic to be blacklisted in February. Google becomes the latest in a line of AI companies, alongside OpenAI and xAI, to supply classified AI capability to the US military. Google has signed a […]This story continues at The Next Web

Meta prepares to unwind its $2 billion Manus acquisition after China’s block

Meta is preparing to unwind its approximately $2 billion acquisition of the agentic AI startup Manus after China’s National Development and Reform Commission formally ordered the deal’s cancellation on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Beijing has given Meta and Manus a preliminary deadline of several weeks to reverse […]This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft and OpenAI gut their exclusive deal, freeing OpenAI to sell on AWS and Google Cloud

Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday announced a sweeping overhaul of the partnership that has defined the commercial AI era, dismantling key pillars of exclusivity and revenue-sharing that bound the two companies together for years and replacing them with a looser, time-limited arrangement that gives both sides far more freedom to pursue rival relationships.The amended agreement, disclosed simultaneously in blog posts from bothcompanies, marks the most significant restructuring since Microsoft first

Open source Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and V2.5-Pro are among the most efficient (and affordable) at agentic 'claw' tasks

Xiaomi, the Chinese firm best known for its smartphones and electric vehicles, has lately been shipping some incredibly affordable and high-powered open source AI large language models.The trend continued today with the release of Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro, both available under the permissive, enterprise-friendly MIT License, making them suitable for use in production in commercial applications. Enterprises and individual/independent developers can now download either of the mode

Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: Kalshi Traders Push Odds to 45% as Trial Date Approaches

On Sunday, prediction market Kalshi traders kept repricing the contract on whether Elon Musk wins his lawsuit against OpenAI, with the market swinging between near coin-flip levels and deeper doubt as the April 28, 2026 trial date closes in. The prediction markets are signaling a toss-up in Elon Musk’s legal battle against OpenAI. On Kalshi, traders have pushed the odds to nearly 45%, suggesting growing belief that Musk could prevail in his lawsuit against the AI company he co-founded. The chopp

Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman to reveal ongoing power struggle for OpenAI

By Deepa Seetharaman and Jonathan Stempel April 27 (Reuters) - The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading ...

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are about to face off in court. Is an impartial jury even possible?

A group of regular people who might not even know much about artificial intelligence could soon determine OpenAI’s future.

Inside the courthouse as Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI and Microsoft goes to trial

Amid the feud between two of tech’s most polarizing personalities, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, Microsoft might seem like a ...

Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI’s future

A hotly anticipated trial starts this week, where Elon Musk will attempt to prove that OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has ...

The Trial Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman Is a Battle for the Future of AI

While Altman and Musk are fairly bitter enemies today, they started off as friends. As OpenAI grew and evolved, however, a ...

Tech titans Elon Musk and Sam Altman head to court in trial over OpenAI: What to know

Elon Musk's lawsuit alleging OpenAI violated its nonprofit mission heads to trial as jury selection begins in a federal court ...

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI

Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged ...

Microsoft and OpenAI revamp partnership, with trial in Elon Musk suit set to begin

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a major amendment to their partnership Monday, making Microsoft's IP license non-exclusive and ...

Tesla files to deliver Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package – ending the saga

Tesla filed an S-8 to register 304 million shares for Elon Musk's 2018 pay package, now worth over $114B at current prices. The years-long legal fight is over.

Elon Musk Just Delivered Great News for Tesla, but Don't Rush to Buy the Stock

Despite a series of positive developments, Tesla stock might still be too expensive to buy right now.

Musk and Altman face off in federal court. Here's what to know.

The trial comes at a pivotal moment for AI, a technology poised to bring advancement that could also drastically reshape humanity.

Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner

Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor.

Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports

The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold, and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers.

OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal

OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.

DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.