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Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.

The Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible, founder Joe Hollier told TechCrunch.

The attacks are part of a wider campaign known as Mini Shai-Hulud, which has already compromised several open source projects and, in turn, developers and companies that use them.

The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.

Stilta announced Tuesday a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include YC and operators from companies like OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable.

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.

The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.

Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that access is the bigger obstacle and that Claude solves it.

Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI cofounders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.

The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics including fingerprints in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.

The app is similar to a meeting notetaker: you can record doctor visits, and it will return an AI summary of the meeting, with the next steps, all of which you share with family and friends if you want to.

Amazons Alexa+ can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand, as the company expands its assistant into a personalized AI content platform.

The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri.

A big theme in the trials final days was whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is trustworthy.

It's tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial intelligence.

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Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago. Now his firm finds itself at the center of the tech world's action.

The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.

ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.

Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits

OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.

It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.