Federal officials are pressing Meta to agree to government safety evaluations of its artificial-intelligence systems, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest model from deployment. The move marks an escalation in Washington's efforts to scrutinize the leading AI developers, with Meta emerging as the lone major tech company holdout on allowing such reviews. Source
The National Security Agency lost access to a powerful artificial-intelligence model developed by Anthropic, a leading AI safety company, amid a dispute with the Trump administration over the tool's deployment. The episode underscored the administration's increasing reliance on advanced AI systems for cybersecurity even as it battles Anthropic over regulatory oversight. Source
A supercomputer in Shenzhen has been declared the world's fastest, marking the first time China has claimed the crown since 2017. The machine uses only standard microprocessors rather than the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units, a significant shift from previous records dominated by GPU-accelerated systems. Source
Meta has created an experimental prediction markets app internally called Arena, which would operate independently of Facebook and Instagram. The platform could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets currently in operation. Source
Fika Jobs, a Stockholm-based startup, has raised $4 million to build a video-first hiring platform that combines AI interview agents with short-form video profiles. The platform blends characteristics of LinkedIn and TikTok, automating candidate screening through AI-conducted interviews while maintaining a social-media presentation format. Source