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Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3, the Largest Open-Weight AI Model at 2.8 Trillion Parameters
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open mixture-of-experts model it describes as…
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Monzo Co-Founder Tom Blomfield Takes Leave From Y Combinator to Join Anthropic
Tom Blomfield, co-founder of digital bank Monzo and payments company GoCardless, announced on July 13, 2026 that he is taking…
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Tech Layoffs Reach Roughly 120,000 in 2026 as Companies Cite AI
TechCrunch’s running tally of 2026 tech layoffs documents roughly 120,000 job cuts across the industry this year, with companies increasingly…
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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Releases First Open-Weight Model, Inkling
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released its first in-house AI model on…
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DeepSeek Eyes $74 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round Ahead of Planned IPO
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is pursuing a roughly $74 billion valuation in a new fundraising round while preparing for a…
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Google DeepMind’s Coding Pivot Lost Six Researchers to Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic
Google DeepMind has lost six named researchers to rival labs Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic since February, amid a broader talent…
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AI-Designed Universal Coronavirus Vaccine Passes First Human Trial
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and biotech firm DIOSynVax announced that an AI-designed vaccine candidate successfully completed a Phase…
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Qualcomm to Acquire AI Software Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion
Qualcomm announced on June 24, 2026 that it has agreed to acquire AI software infrastructure company Modular Inc. in a…
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South Korea Unveils $880 Billion AI and Chip Investment Push
South Korea announced an $880 billion private-sector investment package over the next decade focused on semiconductor manufacturing and AI data…
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Meta’s Louisiana Data Center to Surpass $250 Billion in AI Infrastructure Bet
Meta is expanding its Richland Parish data center supercluster in Louisiana to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, part of an…
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Helsing Raises $1.8 Billion in Europe’s Largest Defense Tech Funding Round
German defense AI company Helsing closed an oversubscribed $1.8 billion Series E funding round at an $18 billion valuation, marking…
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Anthropic Pushes for Tougher State AI Safety Laws, Diverging From OpenAI’s Federal Push
Anthropic is encouraging individual U.S. states to enact increasingly stringent AI safety laws rather than converge on a single uniform…