Arizona makes first criminal charge for “illegal gambling business”; legal troubles pile up for Karsi
Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays has filed criminal charges against prediction market platform Kalsi for allegedly operating an illegal gambling operation without a license in the state and engaging in election gambling. A 20-count complaint filed Tuesday in Maricopa County Court accuses the company of engaging in unlicensed gambling operations, alleging that the site “accepted […]
Mistral bets on “building its own AI” to compete with OpenAI, the human presence in the enterprise
Most enterprise AI projects fail not because companies lack the technology, but because the models they use don’t understand their business. Models are often trained on the internet rather than on decades of internal documentation, workflows, and organizational knowledge. French AI startup Mistral sees opportunity in this gap. The company on Tuesday announced Mistral Forge, […]
Why is Garry Tan’s Claude Code setting so loved and hated?
Garry Tan, Y Combinator’s famous CEO, told an audience at SXSW that he suffers from “cyber psychosis” and is so excited about working with AI agents that he can barely sleep. “I’m sleeping about four hours a night now,” he told fellow interviewer VC Bill Gurley in an on-stage interview Saturday. “I have cyberpsychosis, and […]
Apple rolls out first ‘background security’ update to iPhone, iPad, Mac to fix Safari bugs
Apple has rolled out its first “Background Security Improvements” update that patches security bugs in the Safari web browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. In a new security advisory posted Tuesday, Apple announced that security researchers have discovered a bug in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other apps. If exploited, this bug […]
Google’s data center power strategy attracts attention
Google may have signed on to President Trump’s weak power pledge, but it’s clear that the company began working on a framework for powering its data centers months ago. Google announced Thursday that it is working with Michigan utility DTE to add 2.7 gigawatts of “new resources” in the Detroit suburbs to power new data […]
World launches tool to verify the humans behind AI shopping agents
World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is dedicated to creating what the company calls “human proof” technology, or identity verification tools for an internet increasingly populated by AI-generated content of questionable quality. The connection is not lost on Altman’s other company, OpenAI, which is widely blamed for much of it (although some might argue that Altman […]
Gecko Robotics signs largest U.S. Navy robot deal ever
The U.S. Navy has signed the largest robot-related agreement to date as the military branch considers using robots to maintain its fleet. Gekko Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based company that makes robots and sensors for inspecting large industrial assets, has signed a five-year IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contract with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. General […]
Picsart now lets creators “hire” AI assistants through its agent marketplace
Picsart, an AI-powered design platform, is launching an AI Agent Marketplace to allow creators to “hire” AI assistants to help with specific tasks, such as resizing and remixing social content or editing product photos on Shopify. With over 130 million users around the world, mostly Gen Z, Picsart is like a more advanced Canva for […]
SEC attention shifts to twice-yearly earnings reports
According to the WSJ, the SEC is working on a proposal that would allow publicly traded companies to report their earnings twice a year instead of quarterly. Discussion of making the quarterly requirement, which has been in place for more than 50 years, optional has been gaining momentum over the past year as companies lament […]
Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve our biggest problem: security
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes every company should have an OpenClaw strategy. Nvidia is here to provide it. Nvidia has developed NemoClaw, an enterprise-grade platform built on viral local AI autonomous agents, Huang announced during Monday’s GTC keynote. The open source platform is essentially OpenClaw with enterprise-grade security and privacy considerations built-in. The idea, the […]