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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is starting his own AI lab
Chesky stays on as Airbnb CEO while funding a new model lab focused on user interaction and design — putting him in quiet competition with Sam Altman.

Anthropic files to go public at $965B, beating OpenAI to the IPO window
Anthropic, SpaceX-owned xAI, and OpenAI are all racing to list — and San Francisco realtors are now pricing homes in pre-IPO stock.

Estonia's new benchmark ranks Claude Opus 4.7 best at resisting Russian propaganda
The Estonian Language Institute scored dozens of LLMs across 14 propaganda categories; Anthropic took six of the top 10 spots.

Google defends evaporative cooling as Microsoft, OpenAI retreat from it
Seven in ten Americans now oppose new data centers, and water is the top concern. The industry is splitting on how to answer.

AI-drafted lawsuits surge as courts weigh chatbot privilege and liability
Self-represented filings jumped from 11% to 16.8% of federal civil cases, with AI-written share rising from 1% to 18% in three years.

Endava rebuilds software delivery around OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise
The IT services firm is rolling agents into its delivery pipeline, betting that AI-native workflows replace the billable-hour model that built the industry.

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs sign letter pushing DNA screening law to block AI bioweapons
Altman, Amodei, Hassabis and Suleyman want Congress to require gene synthesis providers to vet every order and customer.

Sam Altman to urge US lawmakers against requiring AI model approvals
The OpenAI chief plans to tell Congress that a federal pre-clearance regime for frontier models would slow US AI development.

Microsoft squares up against OpenAI at Build 2026 with seven in-house models
Mustafa Suleyman wants Microsoft counted alongside Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic — and is shipping models, agents, and a super app to prove it.

San Francisco home sellers list properties for Anthropic stock instead of cash
At least three Bay Area listings will swap real estate for Anthropic equity as the company files for an IPO at a $965B valuation.

Mathematicians sign Leiden Declaration warning against AI in research
The International Mathematical Union endorsed the document two weeks after OpenAI claimed an AI disproved an 80-year-old conjecture.

Trump signs narrower AI executive order after industry pushback
The final order asks frontier AI labs to voluntarily submit models 30 days before release, down from 90 days in an earlier draft.

Opal pivots to AI hardware with $40M from OpenAI, valued at $275M
The webcam maker is rebranding as Opal Electronics and shipping an AI audio device in the next three to four months.

OpenAI pushes Codex into white-collar work as weekly users hit 5M
Six job-specific plug-ins, a Sites feature, and a knowledge-work report mark OpenAI's serious move on enterprise turf Anthropic claimed first.

Travelers rolls out OpenAI-powered Claim Assistant nationwide
The insurer's Claim Assistant guides customers through filings and offers 24/7 support, with capacity to scale during catastrophe surges.

ZeroDrift raises $10M to police AI model outputs in real time
The seed round closed in three weeks and was 3x oversubscribed, with a16z Speedrun leading a bet on AI-on-AI compliance.

Trump scraps AI executive order as White House factions clash over pre-release model access
Susie Wiles and Scott Bessent want it resurrected; David Sacks killed it hours before the May 21 signing.

GitHub Copilot's new usage-based pricing burns through monthly credits in a day
Subscribers report consuming their entire monthly AI allotment in hours under the new credit model that took effect June 1.

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT-linked violence
The first state-led suit against OpenAI ties ChatGPT to multiple murders and seeks damages under Florida's unfair trade laws.

OpenAI model disproves Erdős unit distance conjecture after 80 years
An internal OpenAI system produced the first proof resolving a major open conjecture in discrete geometry, drawing praise from Fields Medalist Tim Gowers.

SoftBank commits up to €75B to build 5GW of AI data centers in France
The Japanese investor will spend an initial €45B to deliver 3.1GW of capacity to Hauts-de-France by 2031 — its largest European AI bet.

Meta is building an AI pendant, with testing planned for next year
The device builds on Meta's late-2025 acquisition of Limitless, as Reality Labs hunts for a hardware win after a $4B Q1 loss.

Boston Children's uses OpenAI tools to diagnose 40+ rare disease cases
The hospital is folding OpenAI models into clinician workflows to surface diagnoses that eluded standard review and trim administrative load.

Shanghai Futures Exchange designs derivatives market for AI tokens
CME Group and ICE are separately building GPU rental futures as financial infrastructure catches up to the compute economy.
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