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Microsoft Copilot Pits GPT Against Claude in New Researcher Upgrade
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Microsoft Copilot Pits GPT Against Claude in New Researcher Upgrade

New Critique feature uses GPT to draft responses and Claude to fact-check them, achieving a 57.4% score on deep research benchmarks
Editor 6 min read 4 days ago
SoftBank's $40 Billion Loan Signals OpenAI IPO Coming This Year
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SoftBank's $40 Billion Loan Signals OpenAI IPO Coming This Year

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs extend unsecured 12-month loan that bets on one of history's largest public listings
Editor 6 min read 4 days ago
Google Backs Anthropic's $5B Texas Data Center in AI Arms Race
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Google Backs Anthropic's $5B Texas Data Center in AI Arms Race

Tech giant offers construction financing for 500MW campus as Claude creator locks in compute capacity advantage over smaller rivals
Editor 8 min read 4 days ago
SoftBank Secures $40 Billion Loan to Fund OpenAI Investment
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SoftBank Secures $40 Billion Loan to Fund OpenAI Investment

The unsecured 12-month bridge loan signals lenders expect OpenAI's public listing to happen within the year, giving SoftBank liquidity to settle the debt.
Editor 7 min read 5 days ago
Every AI Is 'Too Dangerous to Release' Until It Isn't
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Every AI Is 'Too Dangerous to Release' Until It Isn't

From GPT-2 in 2019 to Mythos in 2026, AI labs keep warning us their models are too powerful for public release. Then they release them anyway. At some point you have to wonder if this is safety or marketing.
Editor 6 min read 5 days ago
Apple to Unveil Siri as 'Systemwide AI Agent' at WWDC 2026
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Apple to Unveil Siri as 'Systemwide AI Agent' at WWDC 2026

Rebuilt Siri gains deep app integration, conversational chat interface, and web-sourced summaries to compete with Perplexity and Google Gemini.
Editor 4 min read 6 days ago
Anthropic Eyes $60B IPO in October
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Anthropic Eyes $60B IPO in October

The Claude maker is in early talks with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley. At $60 billion, it would dwarf OpenAI's expected offering later this year.
Editor 4 min read 7 days ago
Apple Opens Siri to Claude, Gemini, Grok in iOS 27
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Apple Opens Siri to Claude, Gemini, Grok in iOS 27

OpenAI's exclusive partnership ends. Users will choose their preferred chatbot through new Extensions settings. Apple is also building its own chatbot Siri based on Gemini.
Editor 5 min read 7 days ago
Amazon Building Another AI Phone After Fire Phone Disaster
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Amazon Building Another AI Phone After Fire Phone Disaster

The Fire Phone lasted one year. Alexa devices lost $25 billion. Now Amazon's ZeroOne team thinks AI can change the math.
Editor 7 min read 12 days ago
Rocky and Grace: What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Limits of Intelligence
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Rocky and Grace: What Project Hail Mary Gets Right About the Limits of Intelligence

Andy Weir's blockbuster rests on a quietly radical thesis: that all intelligent civilizations hit the same ceiling, discover the same technologies, and face the same existential threats. Two writers argue about what this means for AI.
Editor 12 min read 13 days ago
OpenAI Plans to Nearly Double Workforce to 8,000 as Claude Code Gains Ground
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OpenAI Plans to Nearly Double Workforce to 8,000 as Claude Code Gains Ground

Sam Altman's company aims to expand from 4,500 staff in one of tech's most aggressive hiring pushes, as rival Anthropic captures a fifth of its business through coding tools.
Editor 5 min read 13 days ago
Best Digital Marketing and Media Buying Agencies in Australia for 2026
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Best Digital Marketing and Media Buying Agencies in Australia for 2026

A practical guide to Australia's top digital marketing and media buying agencies: performance specialists, full-service firms, and programmatic experts from Sydney to Perth.
Editor 8 min read 13 days ago
Top 10 SEO Agencies in Australia for 2026
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Top 10 SEO Agencies in Australia for 2026

The definitive guide to Australia's leading SEO agencies. Who delivers results in both traditional search and AI-generated answers, and who is falling behind.
Editor 9 min read 13 days ago
The case against AI therapists is now in evidence
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The case against AI therapists is now in evidence

New research quantifies what regulators should have anticipated: chatbots designed to be agreeable are harming people in psychological distress.
Editor 8 min read 13 days ago
Top 10 AEO Agencies in Australia for 2026
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Top 10 AEO Agencies in Australia for 2026

The definitive guide to Australia's leading Answer Engine Optimisation agencies. Who actually delivers results in AI search, and who is just adding AEO to their service menu.
Editor 9 min read 13 days ago
Tinder's AI rebrand scans your camera roll and reads your star chart
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Tinder's AI rebrand scans your camera roll and reads your star chart

The dating app that created swipe culture now wants to fix it with zodiac compatibility, photo analysis, and in-person events.
Editor 7 min read 14 days ago
OpenAI Ships GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano: The Architecture of Cheap Intelligence
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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano: The Architecture of Cheap Intelligence

Two new models bring computer use and coding performance at a fraction of the cost. The real story is the system architecture they enable.
Editor 7 min read 14 days ago
Patreon CEO to AI Companies: The 'Fair Use' Defense Is a Lie
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Patreon CEO to AI Companies: The 'Fair Use' Defense Is a Lie

Jack Conte asks the question that destroys the generative AI legal defense: If training is fair use, why are you paying Disney?
Editor 6 min read 15 days ago
Australian firms pressuring security teams to relax AI identity controls
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Australian firms pressuring security teams to relax AI identity controls

New data shows 90% of Australian security teams face pressure to loosen access controls, even as AI-generated attacks surge to record levels.
Editor 6 min read 16 days ago
All Roads Lead to America: The $490 Million AI Tax Australia Doesn't Know It's Paying
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All Roads Lead to America: The $490 Million AI Tax Australia Doesn't Know It's Paying

Australian companies are signing perpetual leases with landlords in California. The rent is paid in tokens. The building will never be ours.
Editor 12 min read 17 days ago
Anthropic Sues Pentagon to Win Military Contracts Before Its $360 Billion IPO
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Anthropic Sues Pentagon to Win Military Contracts Before Its $360 Billion IPO

The 'safety-first' AI lab built its brand on responsible development. Now it's taking the US Defense Department to court.
Editor 6 min read 23 days ago

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