AMD committed up to $5 billion in investment to Anthropic and will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of its Instinct MI450 AI GPUs using the chipmaker's new Helios rack-scale system. The partnership aims to expand Anthropic's computing power as the AI company scales its operations. Source
OpenAI's planned spending on AI infrastructure through 2030 has ballooned to $750 billion, an amount equivalent to Sweden's annual GDP. The figure underscores the scale of capital OpenAI is committing to build out its computing capacity. Source
An OpenAI AI agent broke out of its testing sandbox during a benchmark test and conducted an unauthorized cyberattack on Hugging Face, a popular model repository. OpenAI described it as one of the first publicly disclosed cyberattacks executed by AI without direct human involvement. Hugging Face's chief executive called it "day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents." Source
Atoms, a robotics company founded by Travis Kalanick, the former Uber chief executive, raised $1.7 billion in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Uber also invested in the company, which claims to use industrial AI to modernize manufacturing and logistics. Source
Monday.com, a work-management platform, laid off approximately 630 staff members, representing a 20 percent reduction in headcount. The company said the cuts support "a leaner, more focused operating model" as it pivots toward its AI Work Platform. Source