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xAI is facing a lawsuit for operating over 400 MW of gas turbines without permits
<p>The Colossus data center was allegedly operating as many as 35 gas turbines without pollution controls in a region that already had poor air quality.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20253 min read
OpenAI found features in AI models that correspond to different ‘personas’
<p>By looking at an AI model’s internal representations — the numbers that dictate how an AI model responds, which often seem completely incoherent to humans — OpenAI researchers were able to find patterns that lit up when a model misbehaved.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20253 min read
The ‘OpenAI Files’ push for oversight in the race to AGI
<p>“The OpenAI Files,” an archival project from the Midas Project and the Tech Oversight Project, are a “collection of documented concerns with governance practices, leadership integrity, and organizational culture at OpenAI.”</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20252 min read


Here’s your first look at the rebooted Digg
<p>Digg launched its iOS app to testers who are a part of its Groundbreakers community of early adopters. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20254 min read


Google’s AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations
<p>Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20252 min read
Pope Leo makes AI’s threat to humanity a signature issue
<p>Pope Leo XIV, the new American pope, is making the threat of AI to humanity a key issue of his legacy. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 18, 20251 min read
Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup
<p>The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it occurred over “the most legendary party that never happened.”</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20252 min read
Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers
<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta tried to poach its employees with nine-figure offers, but failed to recruit OpenAI’s best people.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20253 min read
OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft
<p>The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20252 min read


Google’s Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon
<p>AI companies are battling to dominate the industry, but sometimes they’re also battling in Pokémon gyms. As Google and Anthropic both study how their latest AI models navigate early Pokémon games, the results can be as amusing as they are enlightening — and this time, Google DeepMind has written in a report that Gemini 2.5 […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20253 min read
Amazon expects to reduce corporate jobs due to AI
<p>Amazon CEO Andy Jassy expects that AI automations will both change how people work and change the number of people needed. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20251 min read
Meta is reportedly building AI smart glasses with Prada, too
<p>Meta is reportedly working on a pair of AI smart glasses with Prada. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20251 min read
Intel to lay off up to 20% of Intel Foundry workers
<p>Rumors of these layoffs began back in April as Intel looks to refocus on its core business units and shed additional bloat. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20251 min read
Anysphere launches a $200-a-month Cursor AI coding subscription
<p>Anysphere launched a new $200-a-month subscription plan for its popular AI coding tool, Cursor, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The new plan, Ultra, offers users 20x more usage on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI compared to the company’s $20-a-month subscription plan, Pro. Anysphere also says Cursor users […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20252 min read
Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise
<p>Elon Musk’s xAI company is looking to raise $4.3 billion in equity funding, adding onto the $5 billion it’s seeking in debt funding.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20251 min read
Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028
<p>The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20252 min read
Observability startup Coralogix becomes a unicorn, eyes India expansion
<p>With the influx of cash, Coralogix is looking to expand its engineering base in India and develop its AI agent.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20254 min read
Sequoia-backed Crosby launches a new kind of AI-powered law firm
<p>The tech industry talks a lot about how AI is going to transform work. Legal startup Crosby, which just came out of stealth, is an extreme example.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 17, 20253 min read
The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening
<p>OpenAI and Microsoft have an increasingly strained relationship, according to a recent WSJ report. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 16, 20251 min read
Alta raises $11M to bring ‘Clueless’ fashion tech to life with all-star investors
<p>Users upload their closet by either taking photos, forwarding purchase receipts, or searching what is already in the Alta database. People can also dress themselves in clothes they are looking to buy, mixing and matching with clothes already in their closet. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 16, 20253 min read
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