Gemini Spark Gains Mac File Access and MCP Support

Venice AI Closes $65M at $1B Valuation on Privacy Pitch

Erik Voorhees' privacy-first AI platform closes its first outside round at a $1B valuation, backed by crypto-native VCs Dragonfly and Coinbase Ventures.

Microsoft's Frontier Company Bets $2.5B on Enterprise AI

Microsoft launches Frontier Company with $2.5B and 6,000 engineers to embed AI inside enterprise clients, escalating the arms race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon.

Gemini Spark Gains Mac File Access and MCP Support

Google's Gemini Spark agent is now in beta on macOS with local file system access, MCP server support, and real-time topic monitoring - but only for $99/month AI Ultra subscribers.

Claude Sonnet 5 Review: Near-Opus at Half the Price

Anthropic's Sonnet 5 is the first mid-tier model that genuinely competes with Opus-class agents on coding and computer use, released June 30 at $2/$10 per million tokens.

US Ends Fable 5 Ban, Sets Jailbreak Severity Scale

The Trump administration lifted export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, restoring global access today while industry partners draft a four-dimension jailbreak severity framework.