US Department of Defense awards contracts to Google, Musk’s xAI

OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google, Anthropic and Elon Musk’s AI company xAI have won contracts of up to $200 million each, aimed at scaling up adoption of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense, the government agency said on Monday.

Nvidia’s CEO says it has approval to sell its H20 AI computer chips in China

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used for artificial intelligence to China.

Perplexity offers free AI tools to students worldwide in partnership with SheerID

OpenAI Rival Anthropic Courts Finance Industry With New AI Tools

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is launching a package of new software services aimed at streamlining work for financial analysts, joining a growing number of AI companies vying to win business from Wall Street professionals.

GitHub – iteebz/cogency: Cognitive Architecture for AI Agents

Cognitive Architecture for AI Agents. Contribute to iteebz/cogency development by creating an account on GitHub.

Mattel, OpenAI Team to Bring AI to Toys in New Partnership

The first product is set to be announced later this year

Google to invest $25 billion in data centers and AI infrastructure across largest U.S. electric grid

Google will also spend more than $3 billion to modernize two hydropower plants in Pennsylvania to help meet growing demand from data centers in the region.

CoreWeave to Invest $6 Billion in Pennsylvania AI Data Center

CoreWeave Inc., a provider of AI computing power to companies including OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp., said it plans to invest as much as $6 billion to set up a data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as the firm expands its capacity across the US.

Nvidia to resume H20 GPU chip sales to China, launches compliant model

Nvidia NVDA.O said on Monday it will resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chip to China and has introduced a new model tailored to meet regulatory requirements in the Chinese market.

US AI startups see funding surge while more VC funds struggle to raise, data shows

U.S. startup funding surged 75.6% in the first half of 2025, thanks to the continued AI boom, putting it on track for its second-best year ever, even as venture capital firms struggled to raise money, a report from PitchBook on Tuesday showed.

Meta to spend hundreds of billions on AI data centres, says Mark Zuckerberg

The founder of the social media giant said one of the sites would cover an area nearly the size of Manhattan.

Nvidia says it will resume H20 AI chip sales to China ‘soon,’ following U.S. government assurances

Nvidia's sales of the H20 AI chips, which had been designed specifically to keep them out of export controls on China, were halted in April.

Nvidia Says U.S. Has Lifted Restrictions on A.I. Chip Sales to China

The Silicon Valley chip giant said the Trump administration, which had shut down its sales to China three months ago, had assured it that licenses for the sales would now be granted.

From residency to rocketship—how SmarterDx became a healthcare AI success story

Founders share advice on early-stage startup challenges: from founder-led sales and go-to-market strategy to operational excellence.

You don’t have to explain everything to Claude anymore – it’s finally in your apps

Anthropic’s new Claude integrations mean the AI assistant can work within platforms like Notion and Canva

Musk’s Grok signs $200m deal with Pentagon just days after antisemitism row

The deal is part of the Trump administration's push for more aggressive adoption of artificial intelligence in the government.

Recent Redwood Research project proposals

Previously, we've shared a few higher-effort project proposals relating to AI control in particular. In this post, we'll share a whole host of less p…

METR: How Does Time Horizon Vary Across Domains?

METR blogpost | X | Github • Summary In the paper Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Software Tasks (Kwa & West et al. 2025), METR defined an AI…

Context Rot: How Increasing Input Tokens Impacts LLM Performance

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

The DoD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of AI solutions.

Anthropic Awarded $200M DOD Agreement for AI Capabilities

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), through its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), has awarded Anthropic a two-year prototype other transaction agreement with a $200 million ceiling. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will prototype frontier AI capabilities that advance U.S. national security.

Meta’s new superintelligence lab is discussing major AI strategy changes: NYT

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on the artificial intelligence arms race between major tech companies, including Meta, Alphabet, Nvidia and Microsoft.

Did Windsurf Sell Too Cheap? The Wild 72-Hour Saga and AI Coding Valuations

The last 72 hours in AI coding have been nothing short of extraordinary. What started as a potential $3 billion OpenAI acquisition of Windsurf ended with Google poaching Windsurf’s CEO and co-founders for $2.4 billion, while Cognition swooped in to acquire the remaining company. With Windsurf generating $82 million in ARR with enterprise revenue doubling... Continue Reading

US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

The Defense Department and other agencies will be able to use the AI behind Grok.