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The rise of vibe lawyering

WHEN BRITAIN’S tax authorities accused Omar Rafique of deliberately underpaying his restaurant’s taxes, he challenged them in court. Alas for Mr Rafique, not only did he fail to submit the correct documentation, but his filings were riddled with fake case law generated by an artificial-intelligence chatbot. Though the judge noted sympathetically that AI “might create a more level playing field” for litigants representing themselves, she threw the case out on May 6th.

In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications

We believe this will be one of the most transformative deals in the space industry.

California partnered with Anthropic to make Claude available to all state agencies and local governments.

They will get a 50% discount on access to Claude, as part of a “first-of-its-kind collaboration” that also includes complimentary workforce training, technical assistance, and “workflow input from Anthropic developers,” per a release. On the state level, government employees will use Claude to help draft and summarize documents, analyze information, and supplement day-to-day work, per the release.

Ex-Tesla Optimus engineer settles trade secret lawsuit and raises $11M to build robot hands

Ex-Tesla Optimus lead Jay Li settled a trade secret lawsuit with Tesla and raised $11M to ship dexterous robot hands from his startup Proception.

Why Google is Limiting Meta’s Gemini AI Use as Demand Soars

Google restricts Meta’s access to Gemini models due to severe computing constraints, disrupting internal projects as global infrastructure demands surge

Agent confidence on the technical frontier

A ranking of 101 agent tasks reveals where workflows are trending and where connected intelligence is critical.

The 5 job archetypes of the future, according to Claude Code's creator

Claude Code creator Boris Cherny wrote about "what roles might look like in the future," from the "builder" to the "sweeper" to the "grower."

Exclusive: Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.

Google Cloud will sell specialist AI models built for science

Google is adding SandboxAQ’s ‘large quantitative models’ to its cloud marketplace, pairing Gemini with AI trained on scientific equations and laboratory data.

The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month

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Flipper Device's new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity

The company's productivity-focused gadget helps you set timers, block apps, and display custom messages and widgets on an LED display.

Omen AI's plan to optimize data centers is all wet

Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.