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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

Humanoid robots can run fast, but they can’t seem to stop

Chinese humanoid robots have been breaking human athletic records at The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, including in a 100-meter sprint.

The $40 Trillion National Debt Is Growing While Social Security Goes Broke—Because Wealthy Boomers Are Collecting Over $100k in Benefits Per Year

The United States is entering the most expensive phase of retirement. Some of America’s oldest are eligible for more than $100,000 a year in combined Social Security benefits, while remaining as one of the wealthiest generations in the country. The national debt is rising—just passing $40 trillion this month—and Social Security is set to enter insolvency by 2032, meaning it may already be too late for the generations left behind.

OpenAI issues call for 'collective action' on cyber defense: 'We have a limited window'

More than 100 organizations, including Anthropic, joined OpenAI's call for action.

Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion

Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.

In border states, even Trump's own party wants the Canada fight to be over

When U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed for good last Friday night, the recriminations broke out almost instantly, and not just between Washington and Ottawa. In Maine, Vermont and Michigan—three states with outsized economic exposure to Canada—elected officials from both parties and the executives who run the region’s largest employers have spent the past week saying, in various ways, the same thing: enough.

A consultant who once railed against ‘the billionaire boys club’ is now leading opposition to California’s wealth tax

The consultant who once warned that California’s richest poured millions into politics because they had something to gain is now helping billionaires fight a tax on their fortunes.

AI & Tech Brief: Nvidia's Financing Spree

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AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”

Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.

Bitcoin is having a great month—but Solana is doing even better as coin soars above $100

Bitcoin may have broken $80,000, but Solana is stealing the spotlight. SOL, the blockchain’s native token, climbed more than 23% over the past week, with much of that gain coming in the past 24 hours. The token recently crossed $100 for the first time since February and now trades at $107, according to crypto analytics platform CoinGecko.

Nvidia's interest in Hugging Face is a hedge against a future dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic

Nvidia had talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion, Business Insider reported. It could boost Nvidia's open-source strategy, challenging OpenAI.

Anthropic makes first move into physical AI with universal standard that could bring scientific labs to life

Imagine a factory where all the equipment is powered by AI, where robotic arms and assembly lines can “communicate” with their own shared language. Or picture a science lab, where microscopes can autonomously search for a certain type of molecule—all hours of the day, no humans necessary.