General AI industry news.
Kintsugi built AI to detect depression from voice patterns, raised $30M, spent 4 years pursuing FDA approval, then shut down after running out of funding.
Anthropic accidentally leaked 512,000 lines of Claude Code's source code, exposing the complete architecture of a production AI agent system for the first time.
South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions raised $400 million in a pre-IPO round at a $2.3 billion valuation, planning to go public later in 2026.
OpenAI has officially shut down Sora, its AI video generation tool, just months after launch. The company announced the closure on March 25, 2026.
All 11 original xAI co-founders have now left, with the last two departing this week. SpaceX acquired xAI in early 2026 for $1.25 trillion and is eyeing a $1.75 trillion IPO.
Federal judge grants Anthropic preliminary injunction against Pentagon ban, calling the government's actions "Orwellian" and designed to punish protected speech.
English Wikipedia editors voted 44-2 to ban LLMs from generating or rewriting article content, citing citation hallucinations and cleanup burden on volunteers.
Warren calls the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic "retaliation" for the AI company's ethical stance on AI development, demanding documentation by April 6.
arXiv, the pioneering preprint server hosting nearly 3 million papers, will become an independent nonprofit on July 1, 2026 after 35 years at Cornell, driven by $6.7M annual costs and AI-generated "slop."
Anthropic submitted sworn declarations to federal court refuting Pentagon claims that the AI company poses an unacceptable national security risk, revealing negotiators said sides were "nearly aligned" just days after Trump ended ties.
Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Pentagon challenging its "supply chain risk" designation, arguing it violates First Amendment rights and is retaliation for the company's refusal to allow Claude AI in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
Meta reportedly planning layoffs affecting up to 20% of workforce, potentially 16,000+ jobs, to offset massive AI infrastructure investments.
Lawyer handling AI psychosis cases warns chatbots are now linked to mass casualty planning, escalating from individual suicides to planned multi-fatality attacks.
Anthropic sued the Pentagon after being designated a "supply chain risk" for refusing to remove AI safety guardrails that block autonomous weapons and mass surveillance use.
Meta acquires Moltbook, the viral AI agent social network, bringing founders into its Superintelligence Labs led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang.
Anthropic sued the Pentagon over its supply chain risk designation while launching a new think tank to study AI's societal impacts.
Thinking Machines Lab, Mira Murati's AI startup, signed a multi-year compute deal with Nvidia for at least 1 gigawatt of capacity, potentially worth $50 billion.
Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits against the Trump administration after the Pentagon labeled it a "supply chain risk" over its refusal to allow AI use for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. OpenAI and Google employees have filed in support.
Netflix acquired Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup InterPositive, bringing 16 engineers onboard. The tools focus on post-production tasks like continuity fixes and lighting adjustments.
The Pentagon designated Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" after the company refused to remove AI safety safeguards prohibiting autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic vows to sue.
Netflix acquires Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking startup InterPositive, bringing 16 engineers into the streaming giant as it bets on proprietary AI tools for post-production.
Pentagon designates Anthropic a supply chain risk, threatening its $200M Pentagon contract. Anthropic CEO says the company has "no choice but to challenge in court."
