In Brief Posted: 4:39 PM PDT · October 19, 2026 A little over a month ago, Anthropic and AI infrastructure provider Nscale announced a $45…
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Hackers hit AI coding tool OpenCode, running up charges on users’ AI accounts |
OpenCode, an open source AI coding agent that has been gaining ground among developers as an alternative to Claude Code and Cursor, said Saturday that…
Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life |
Tolan, the AI companion designed to help people manage their daily lives, navigate relationships and emotions, and accomplish their goals, has just expanded its runway…
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips |
In Brief Posted: 11:37 AM PDT · October 19, 2026 Tenstorrent, a chip startup focused on inference, has raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion…
Rivian's CEO says autonomy will enable 'dramatically different' vehicle designs |
Rivian is going full steam ahead on developing autonomous vehicle software for its EVs, to the point that it is willing to delay profitability. Founder…
Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant |
9:55 AM PDT · October 19, 2026 Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer…
People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again |
The latest use case for AI? Dumbing down your smart TV to get rid of the bloat. A number of developers and vibe coders have…
Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world |
If there’s one lesson the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident taught us, it’s that AI agents can be unpredictable. “Imagine if something like that happened in the…
Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ |
12:03 PM PDT · October 18, 2026 “You Can See Everything” is already a box office sensation, with a $15 million opening weekend (based on…
Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ |
Anthropic announced on Sunday that it’s creating a “public benefit fund” that will give the company “increased flexibility and scale” to support projects for societal…