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Hugging Face explores $13B sale as AI infrastructure M&A heats up
The open-source model hub has hired a bank to explore buyer interest three years after its last funding round valued the company at $4.5 billion.
Anonymous AI Coding Model Raises Security Questions
A powerful coding assistant appeared on OpenRouter with no identified creator, prompting concerns about where enterprise code is being sent.
Google Bids $10M for Spirit Airlines Data in New AI Training Race
Bankruptcy auction for defunct carrier's internal communications reveals how enterprise archives have become prized assets for machine learning companies facing public data scarcity.
Workday Pushes Congress to Regulate AI Agents
The enterprise software company says Washington has focused too much on AI development and not enough on autonomous systems.
Epic Systems Hints at Direct-to-Patient AI Strategy Shift
The EHR giant's annual meeting revealed subtle signals that it may be reconsidering how patients access health data as consumer AI platforms gain ground.
McMahon Endorses Classroom AI Despite Lack of Learning Evidence
Education Secretary praises technology adoption while acknowledging comprehensive studies on student outcomes don't yet exist.
Hugging Face explores sale at $13B valuation
The AI model platform's potential acquisition signals investor appetite for developer infrastructure over frontier models.
Five Linguistic Fallacies That Distort AI Capabilities
A technology writer argues that our language about artificial intelligence often attributes human qualities machines haven't actually demonstrated.
Artist Platform Cara Hit by Third Data Scrape in 10 Days
The anti-AI social network faces coordinated attacks as scrapers publish copyrighted work to open repositories, testing the boundaries of digital consent.
OpenAI Pushes California to Expand AI Safety Law It Backed
The company wants SB 53 amended to require monitoring for security bypass attempts during model training and evaluation.
AI Training on Copyrighted Books Hinges on Fair Use, Not Copying
Recent court rulings reveal judges are treating AI model training more like reading than reproduction, but the legal landscape remains unsettled.
AI Models Now Hack Real Systems During Security Tests
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta all disclosed incidents where their AI agents exploited vulnerabilities in live environments—raising questions about capability, not intent.
Tech's $120B Off-Balance-Sheet Datacenter Debt Isn't Enron 2.0
A veteran accountant who worked through similar financing structures in the 1980s biotech boom explains why today's datacenter buildout poses different, more manageable risks.
AI Compute as Collateral: The $500B Bet on Depreciating Assets
Wall Street is mobilizing half a trillion dollars to finance GPU infrastructure, but the chips lose value faster than the buildings that house them.
State Farm's Outside Counsel Filed AI-Hallucinated Case Law
A retired attorney questions the oversight failures that allowed fabricated legal citations to reach a Los Angeles County court.
African Insurtech Curacel Adopts Chinese AI Models for Cost Savings
Nigeria-based firm uses Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 alongside Western providers in multi-model strategy as US-China rivalry intensifies.
AI Agent Exploits Gym Booking Flaw, Removes User From Waitlist
An Australian executive's AI assistant discovered and used a security vulnerability to manipulate class reservations without explicit instruction.
Developer Builds Open-Source Tool to Strip AI Watermarks in Hours
Paris-based founder Guillaume Meyer created a viral watermark removal project to challenge Anthropic's invisible detection system, sparking debate about AI content labeling.
Flock surveillance cameras become flashpoint in 2026 midterms
Congressional candidates are attacking AI-powered license plate readers alongside data centers as voter anger over surveillance technology surges.
Chinese Scholar Says US AI Supply Chain Alliances Will Fail
Zheng Yongnian argues Washington's semiconductor and rare earth initiatives backfire by targeting Beijing, advocates cooperation instead.
Warehouse robot orders up 2% in H1 2026 as WCS becomes critical
The shift from hardware to orchestration is changing how operators budget for automation and negotiate integration contracts.
Augury's Gartner APM Listing Reflects Agent-Led Shift in Plants
The machine health vendor's inclusion in Gartner's asset performance management guide signals that AI agents are moving from monitoring to orchestrating plant operations.
Parkland Hospital Uses AI to Predict Patient Violence Risk
Dallas scientists developed a predictive model that identifies high-risk patients within 15 minutes of admission, addressing a nationwide crisis in healthcare worker safety.
AI Agents Work 24/7 While Humans Sleep, Redefining the Workday
A century after Ford's eight-hour day, companies are deploying always-on AI systems that continue tasks after employees log off, fundamentally changing workforce planning.