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So, we’re getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?

SARAH PEREZ

Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada's fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we're getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand.

This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue

LILY HAY NEWMAN

The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.

Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery

TIM DE CHANT

The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year.

PayPal might not be looking to sell itself, report

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was sniffing around.

xAI spent $7M building wall that barely muffles annoying power plant noise

ASHLEY BELANGER

“Temu sound wall” not enough to quell fury over xAI’s power plant.

The physics of squeaking sneakers

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

Geometry of tread patterns determines frequency, so blocks were designed to play Star Wars music.

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

REBECCA BELLAN

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems.

‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union

BRIAN BARRETT, ZOË SCHIFFER, LEAH FEIGER

Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Plus: All you need to know about TAT-8 and undersea cables.

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

CONNIE LOIZOS

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes.

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount

GRAHAM STARR

In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost.