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Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

Just a week after OpenAI announced it would offer ChatGPT Enterprise to the entire federal executive branch workforce at $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has raised the stakes. The AI giant said Tuesday it would also offer its Claude models to government agencies for just $1 — but not only to the executive branch.

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Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO

Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO

Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year. Rebecca Tinucci, who previously spent six years building Tesla’s

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Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US

Supreme Court opens door to social media age-gating in US

The Supreme Court will let Mississippi’s social media age verification law take effect while the case is being argued in court. In an unsigned ruling on Thursday, the court declined to block the law after an emergency petition from trade association NetChoice. The order offers no explanation, but in a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company

How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company

When Bill Dally joined Nvidia’s research lab in 2009, it employed only about a dozen people and was focused on ray tracing, a rendering technique used in computer graphics. That once-small research lab now employs more than 400 people, who have helped transform Nvidia from a video game GPU startup in the nineties to a

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Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce

Seoul-based Datumo raises $15.5M to take on Scale AI, backed by Salesforce

Most organizations say they aren’t fully prepared to use generative AI in a safe and responsible way, according to a recent McKinsey report. One concern is explainability — understanding how and why AI makes certain decisions. While 40% of respondents view it as a significant risk, only 17% are actively addressing it, per the report.

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Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses

Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses

Image Credits:Justin Sullivan / Getty Images 8:00 AM PDT · August 11, 2025 Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision language model for physical AI applications and robots. Also joining the existing batch

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Nanoleaf’s smart lights are cheaper than ever in its back-to-school sale

Nanoleaf’s smart lights are cheaper than ever in its back-to-school sale

Some cool decor can help a new dorm or apartment feel like home, which is why Nanoleaf’s back-to-school sale is worth checking out. The company’s offering all-time low prices on a wide range of its modular smart light gear, from skylights to smart light display cases. Some of our favorite deals include Nanoleaf’s Blocks Combo

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