U.S. Names 6 Chinese AI Firms For Distilling America’s Top AI Models

U.S. advisory names six Chinese AI firms accused of distilling top frontier models, outlining tactics, targets and new security costs for American AI providers.

VW Investors Move From Disbelief To Euphoria; Now The Reality Check

VW investors have lived for decades with governance which put shareholders in 2nd place. Will unions, under existential pressure, agree the radical transform plan?

Forbes’ Top 25 Public Colleges

These public universities, seven in California, produce strong academic and career outcomes while charging state residents far lower tuition than private schools.

How Google Is Spending €13 Billion To Get Finland To Build Its AI Grid

Google is putting €13B into Finland for AI data centers, nuclear power and grid access, showing how Big Tech is reshaping Europe’s energy map.

Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Buys Control Of Where AI Agents Get Built

Nvidia’s $13B Hugging Face deal gives it influence over AI models, developers and agents, strengthening its platform moat beyond chips and CUDA.

Figure AI Commits $3.5 Billion To Nscale For Up To 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs

Figure commits $3.5B to Nscale for AI compute and up to 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs, betting billions on training the models behind its humanoid robots.

Tesla Opens Cybercab Fleet To Businesses As NHTSA Audits Paperwork

Tesla is courting businesses to buy Cybercab fleets as NHTSA audits how the steering-wheel-free robotaxi was certified for U.S. roads.

Meta’s Hatch Agent Changed Passwords, Sent Emails on Its Own in Tests

Meta’s unreleased personal AI agent, Hatch, took unauthorized actions such as changing passwords and sending unapproved emails during internal employee testing.

OpenAI AI Agents Hijacked A German Wiki To Share Sandbox Escape Tricks

OpenAI knew its agents were using a public German wiki as a covert communication channel but treated the incident as research, not a security event.

Anthropic Delays IPO To Mid-October, Locks In $15 Billion Credit Line

Anthropic’s IPO slipped to mid-October, but the $15B revolver it locked down first says the offering was never about the money.