DeepSeek Seeks $20B+ Valuation in First-Ever Funding Round
Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to back DeepSeek as it raises outside capital for the first time — targeting $300M+ at $20B+ valuation.
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Anthropic's Unhackable AI Hacking Tool Got Hacked
Unauthorized actors accessed Mythos — Anthropic's withheld cyberweapon AI — via a breached third-party contractor on the day it launched.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos breached on its launch day
An anonymous Discord group accessed Mythos — Anthropic's restricted AI cybersecurity model — hours after announcement, using stolen contractor credentials.
Hackers breached Anthropic's locked-down Claude Mythos
Unauthorized users accessed Mythos — Anthropic's invite-only cybersecurity AI — by guessing its URL and using stolen contractor credentials.
xAI + Cursor: compute deal, talent raid, and a $60B buyout option
xAI is renting chips to Cursor, hired its top two engineers, and SpaceX holds an option to acquire Cursor for $60B later this year.
OpenAI Ships Images 2 with Instant & Thinking Modes
GPT-Image-2 drops with 2K resolution, native text rendering, and two speed tiers — live on ChatGPT and API now.
Google's Deep Research lands in Gemini API with MCP and native charts
Google upgraded Deep Research in the Gemini API with MCP support, native chart generation, and a Max tier for heavy async tasks.
Google's Deep Research hits the Gemini API with MCP & native charts
Deep Research and its Max variant are now API-accessible with MCP support, proprietary data grounding, and built-in chart generation.
Google Quietly Updated Deep Research — Max Version Incoming
New model IDs spotted: deep-research-max-preview-04-2026 scores 93.3% on DeepSearchQA and 54.6% on HLE.
AGI Researchers Are Burning Out — and Speaking Out
Safety researchers are fleeing OpenAI and Anthropic with public warnings about existential risk and the pressure to keep shipping.
Building AGI Is Breaking the People Who Do It
Frontier AI researchers warn of '996' culture at OpenAI & Anthropic — long hours, burnout, and a pace that isn't sustainable.
The $1K local AI stack that actually runs in 2026
24GB GPU or Mac gets you a full local AI stack — fast inference, tab completion, speech-to-text, and no censorship.