1 Anthropic has filed for its blockbuster IPO
The listing could determine the future of the AI investment boom. (CNBC)
+ The filing warns of catastrophic AI risks and huge compute costs. (BBC)
+ And exposes safety failures and a month-long training pause. (Reuters $)
+ The prospectus reveals soaring revenues but also staggering losses. (NYT $)
+ Anthropic’s founders will retain voting control after the IPO. (Verge)
2 Solar is quietly overtaking nuclear as a global power source
Cheap panels and batteries are accelerating the shift. (BBC)
+ The balcony solar boom is coming to the US. (MIT Technology Review)
3 OpenAI has announced three new science discoveries
They span mathematics, computer science, and physics. (Verge)
+ It’s enlisted expert “shepherds” to publish its breakthroughs. (Gizmodo)
4 Microsoft is offering buyouts to a quarter of staff amid rising AI costs
Around 60,000 employees are eligible for the buyout program. (Bloomberg $)
+ Microsoft plans $190 billion in AI spending this year. (NYT $)
5 The plastics industry knew microplastics could enter the body decades ago
Company documents reveal concerns dating back to 1974. (LA Times $)
+ No part of the globe is free of human fingerprints. (MIT Technology Review)
6 A demonstration of lighting Earth from space has sparked alarm
Startup Reflect Orbital used space mirrors for the California test. (Guardian)
+ The tech could jeopardize the night sky. (MIT Technology Review)
7 The US has designated helium a critical material
The move is due to its importance to semiconductor production. (AP)
8 Hundreds of Boston Dynamics staff have protested its ICE deal
They’ve called for a halt to sales of the robot dogs. (Ars Technica)