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ByteDance’s AI Ambitions Are Being Hampered by Compute Restraints and Copyright Concerns

ZEYI YANG

ByteDance’s new Seedance 2.0 AI video model seemed unstoppable—until heavy demand strained the company’s compute capacity and copyright complaints began piling up.

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls

REBECCA SZKUTAK

In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's coming from.

FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report

LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for health care

REBECCA SZKUTAK

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation and patient verification.

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway

MAXWELL ZEFF

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix

BRIAN BARRETT, ZOË SCHIFFER, LEAH FEIGER

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense.

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

MADDY VARNER

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been affected by strikes.

MS exec: Microsoft's next console will play "Xbox and PC games"

KYLE ORLAND

Project Helix is set to open the closed-console ecosystem, but the details will matter.

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge

BETH MOLE

The startling claim came amid a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability

SAMUEL AXON

Updates come amid user blowback over the company's Pentagon deal.

Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems

SCHARON HARDING

Problems viewing products and checking out.

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year

JULIE BORT

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable

MARINA TEMKIN

The startup, which just raised $5 million, is founded by an ex-Blackstone principal and a former BCG consultant.

Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom

SCHARON HARDING

Meta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy.

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court

REBECCA BELLAN

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label.