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OpenAI to acquire Neptune, a startup that helps with AI model training

Neptune builds monitoring and de-bugging tools that AI companies use as they train models.

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Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards, again

The regulatory decision would make it harder for future administrations to implement stricter fuel efficiency standards.

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WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use

Though WordPress’s Telex is still an experiment, the vibe coding software has already been used to help build real-world websites.

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An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design

The Chinese video game giant Tencent is now building some of the world’s best 3D AI models. This could have implications far outside game design.

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Micron stops selling memory to consumers as demand spikes from AI chips

Demand driven by the AI infrastructure boom is creating shortages for certain products like memory.

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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted

Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers’ data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.

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Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

Vulcan Elements, a rare earths startup has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S .defense department.

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Fintech firm Marquis alerts dozens of US banks and credit unions of a data breach after ransomware attack

Marquis said ransomware hackers stole reams of banking customer data, containing personal information and financial records, as well as Social Security numbers, belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. The number of affected people is expected to rise.

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Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec were awarded substantial grants to build one reactor in Tennessee and two more in Michigan.

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Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO

Anthropic is reportedly prepping for an IPO that could come as early as 2026.

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