Anthropic’s Fable Model Draws Criticism Over Cybersecurity Guardrails
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 this week as a public version of its more restricted Mythos cybersecurity model, but some security researchers say the model’s safeguards block legitimate work too…
Niteshift Raises $7 Million To Build Cloud Infrastructure For AI Coding Agents
Niteshift has raised $7 million in seed funding to build cloud infrastructure for AI coding agents. The round was led by Greylock partner Jerry Chen and backed by investors including…
Pinterest Adds Amazon Storefront Linking For Creators
Pinterest is expanding its partnership with Amazon by letting creators connect their Amazon Storefronts directly to their Pinterest accounts. The new integration lets creators tag eligible Amazon products in Pins…
ServiceNow Notifies Customers After Bug Exposed Some Hosted Data
ServiceNow has notified some enterprise customers that a platform bug may have allowed unauthenticated users to access data hosted in customer instances. The company patched some customer instances on June…
Apple Lets Developers Team Up On App Store Subscription Bundles
Apple will let developers partner with one another to offer discounted subscription bundles through the App Store. The change expands App Bundles beyond a single developer’s own apps, allowing separate…
Mercor Co-Founder Criticizes Sequoia Over Dual-Priced Startup Rounds
Mercor co-founder Brendan Foody has criticized Sequoia Capital over a venture funding practice in which investors take part in the same startup round at different valuations. The dispute has drawn…
OpenAI Files For IPO As Sam Altman’s World Project Reportedly Cuts Jobs
OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, while Sam Altman’s other company, Tools for Humanity, is reportedly laying off employees. The two developments place Altman-linked companies in different…
Waymo Buys Former Apple Test Site In Arizona For $220 Million
Waymo has acquired a 5,500-acre autonomous vehicle proving ground in Wittman, Arizona, for $220 million. The property was owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated…
Microsoft Pulls GitHub Repositories After Malware Found In Open Source Projects
Microsoft has temporarily removed access to dozens of open source projects on GitHub after hackers apparently breached the repositories and added password-stealing malware. Many of the affected projects were tied…
Pentagon Adds Alibaba, Baidu, BYD And Unitree To Chinese Military Company List
The U.S. Department of Defense has added Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, Unitree, and other Chinese companies to its 1260H list of entities it says are linked to China’s military. The updated…
