Microsoft and OpenAI have a new deal that could clear the way for an IPO

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L), speaks with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, who joined by video during the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. As OpenAI attempts to restructure itself and eventually go public, a hurdle for the startup, recently valued at $500 billion, is … Read more

Microsoft is making ‘significant investments’ in training its own AI models

Microsoft AI launched its first in-house models last month, adding to the already complicated relationship with its OpenAI partner. Now, Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says the company is making “significant investments” in the compute capacity required to Microsoft’s own future frontier models. “We should have the capacity to build world class frontier models in … Read more

Republicans pledge censorship crackdown to avenge Charlie Kirk’s death

In the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting, some political figures are threatening a crackdown on free speech – a cause Kirk claimed to fight for. Members of Congress, the State Department, and President Donald Trump have all attacked people who celebrated Kirk’s death online or criticized him while he was alive, in … Read more

Can You Spend Crypto Without Selling It? Inside The ether.fi Cash Card’s “Never Sell” Revolution

Is it possible to spend cryptocurrency without selling it and incurring a tax event? That question has hovered over the crypto sector for years, especially among people who treat their digital assets as long‑term holdings. ether.fi, a company best known for its restaking services, has built a card that tries to answer it. The ether.fi … Read more

Anthropic’s Claude AI can now automatically ‘remember’ past chats

Anthropic will now let its Claude AI chatbot “remember” the details of previous conversations without prompting. The feature is only rolling out for Team and Enterprise users for now, allowing Claude to automatically incorporate someone’s preferences, the context of the project they’re working on, and their main priorities into each of its responses. Anthropic rolled … Read more

Internet detectives are misusing AI to find Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter

Earlier today, the FBI shared two blurry photos on X of a person of interest in the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Numerous users replied with AI-upscaled, “enhanced” versions of the pictures almost immediately, turning the pixelated surveillance shots into sharp, high-resolution images. But AI tools aren’t uncovering secret details in a fuzzy picture, … Read more

Crypto Bull Market Still Has Room to Run, Coinbase Says

Coinbase analysts remain optimistic for the fourth quarter, arguing that a mix of resilient liquidity, a favorable macro backdrop and supportive regulatory signals could keep the crypto market rally alive. Bitcoin (BTC), they argue, continues to benefit from macro tailwinds and could outperform market expectations, analysts David Duong and Colin Basco said in a Wednesday … Read more