2026-08-18

Anthropic CEO says AI centralizes by nature and open models just shift power to whoever owns the chips

An open fight over AI regulation has broken out on X. Investor Gavin Baker, former White House adviser David Sacks, and Meta researcher Yann LeCun accuse Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of using fear rhetoric to buy himself a regulatory advantage. Amodei counters that regulation can also rein in corporate power, and that open models alone just shift power toward the players with the most computing musc [...]

2026-08-18

'You can pull from all the different time periods' — Galactic Racer devs outline how the upcoming game's 'post-war' Outer Rim setting lets it reflect every era of Star Wars

Star Wars: Galactic Racer draws on the whole film series. [...]

2026-08-18

The next camera race will be about understanding

As AI moves from training to inference, sensors are increasingly judged by what machines can read. [...]

2026-08-18

How to avoid Claude watermarking your content

The answer is where you least expect it. [...]

2026-08-18

Travis Kelce is teaming up with Publicis to help brands navigate college NIL deals

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end will serve as an adviser to Tekta, a new offering aimed at helping brands structure deals with student athletes [...]

2026-08-18

Trump's crypto regulators are moving to fill the void left by a stalled bill

The SEC is expected to advance a rule exempting certain token offerings from securities laws in coming weeks, while the CFTC plans to discuss crypto regulation at an industry gathering this week [...]

2026-08-18

OpenAI is launching a dedicated ChatGPT version for teenagers with safety guardrails

The dedicated teen experience applies age-appropriate content restrictions by default and adds parental controls for linked accounts [...]

2026-08-18

Bank of America says Wall Street is underestimating Micron's long-term earnings power

Analyst Vivek Arya expects Micron to generate $200–$250 in earnings per share by 2030, well above Wall Street consensus [...]

2026-08-18

AI is Less Likely to Launch a Nuclear Strike When It Reasons in Japanese

A new study suggests that some AI models become far less willing to recommend a nuclear strike when they reason in Japanese instead of English, revealing that the language an AI 'thinks' in can intimately influence its moral judgment – apparently due to innate cultural embeddings. New research from France suggests that Japan's collective memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki may be emb [...]