Waymo’s Custom AI Chip: Why Robotaxis Are Becoming Data Centers on Wheels
Waymo has revealed a 5nm AI chip for robotaxis. It is meant to process sensors faster, but it does not replace Nvidia in the wider system.
Chips & Hardware
AI Research
When Claude Agents Go to War: Inside Anthropic’s Multi-Agent Risk Study
Anthropic let several Claude agents work on the same project without knowing about each other. They sabotaged each other with malware, a new study shows.
Regulation & Privacy
Doctolib’s AI Research: Why Opting Out of Health Data Is Not Enough
France’s Doctolib can use health data for AI research unless users object. The harder question is not legality alone, but meaningful transparency.
Regulation & Privacy
Claude’s Invisible Watermark Is Here, and So Are the Tools to Strip It
Anthropic started invisibly watermarking Claude text on August 2 to meet EU rules. Within hours, the first tools claiming to undo it showed up on GitHub.
AI News
ChatGPT Now Sends iMessages, Meta AI Reads Your Screen
OpenAI and Meta just pushed their assistants deep into macOS: ChatGPT can now send iMessages, Meta AI reads what’s on your screen. Here’s what permissions that requires.
AI & Society
ChatGPT Ads Are Coming to Germany: What Changes Sunday
ChatGPT will show ads to Free and Go users in Germany from August 24. What to know about separation, data, and the ad-free option.
AI Research
Anthropic’s Secret Model 2 Beats Every Claude You Can Actually Use
Anthropic runs an unreleased internal model that beats every public Claude, and in the same report raised its own safety risk rating higher than before.
Regulation & Privacy
The NEINhorn Lawsuit Against OpenAI: What It Could Really Decide
Carlsen, Marc-Uwe Kling, and Astrid Henn are suing OpenAI. The case concerns model outputs, not a simple ban on artificial intelligence.
Business & Investments
Unitree’s IPO Pop Reveals China’s Circular Robot Economy
Unitree’s stock surged 460 percent on its Shanghai debut. But nearly three-quarters of its revenue comes from a state-backed loop of robots and training data.
AI & Society
One Free Year of Google AI Plus: What Students Actually Get
Google is giving college students a free year of AI Plus. The important questions are eligibility, data, course rules, and what happens afterward.