In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down AI distillation, the teacher-student technique frontier labs now lean on to train smaller, cheaper models. He also covers GPT-5.6’s government-vetted rollout, Claude Sonnet 5 landing on AWS, Maryland’s two-year data center pause, and…
Intel Corporation today announced an agreement with the Trump Administration to support the continued expansion of American technology and manufacturing leadership. Under the terms of agreement, the United States government will make a $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,…
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI in early 2025, court filings on Thursday revealed, CNBC reported. The filing is part of a legal case between…
Meta Platforms has paused hiring for its new artificial intelligence division, the company confirmed Thursday, ending a spending spree that saw it acquire a wave of costly AI researchers and engineers, CNBC reported. The pause was first reported by the…
The billionaire Elon Musk is quietly pumping the breaks on his plans to start a political party, according to people with knowledge of his plans, The Wall Street Journal reported. Musk has told allies that he wants to focus his…
The UK has dropped its demand for a special access to Apple’s cloud systems, or a “backdoor,” following negotiations with the Trump administration, according to U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, TechCrunch reported. “A a result, the U.K. has agreed…
Reports that the Trump administration was contemplating buying a stake in Intel to help ease its financial woes and boost its manufacturing business sent Intel’s shares up more than 7% late last week, Oregonlive reported. But a Bloomberg report Monday…
We recently gave Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 the ability to end conversations in our consumer chat interfaces. This ability is intended for use in rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive interactions. This feature was developed primarily as…