Anthropic, Blackstone Launch $1.5B AI Services Firm

Anthropic, Blackstone Launch $1.5B AI Services Firm

Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman have launched Ode, a $1.5 billion AI implementation firm betting that deploying models beats building them.

Suno Hack Exposes 2 Million Scraped YouTube Songs

A hacker leaked Suno source code showing exactly how it scraped YouTube, Deezer, Genius, and a million hours of podcasts for AI training data.

Vint Cerf's Next Act: ID Cards for AI Agents

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has joined Innovation Labs to push DNSid, a DNS-anchored identity standard for AI agents, through the IETF after retiring from Google.

Nvidia's H200 Chips Reach China - Congress Isn't Happy

Commerce official Jeffrey Kessler confirms H200 AI chip shipments to China have begun, but calls the volume "trivial" as lawmakers spar over export-control gaps.

Hassabis Calls for a US-Led Global AI Watchdog

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis wants a FINRA-style body testing frontier AI models before release, with power to slow the industry down if needed.