Alibaba to Ban Claude Code at Workplace Over Alleged Security Concerns

By Devanshi Kashyap | July 3, 2026

Alibaba plans to ban employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code for any work related activity starting July 10, according to a Reuters report. There is a bigger story here, this move comes at a time when artificial intelligence coding assistants are under more scrutiny, and it has been tied to a brewing conflict between the Chinese tech giant and the US based AI company over issues around security and how their models are protected. The root of the internal ban is Alibaba’s concern about alleged backdoor features in Claude Code. Management is not taking any chances, they have told staff […]

Meta Quietly Introduces Pocket – Here’s What It Is, & How It Works

By Devanshi Kashyap | July 3, 2026

Meta appears to be quietly testing another artificial intelligence powered product, but unlike many of its major launches, this one has arrived without an official announcement. The company recently published Help Center documentation for an app called Pocket, providing the first official details about a platform that lets users create and share AI generated interactive experiences known as “gizmos”. Its low profile rollout has sparked interest among industry observers; many users are viewing it as an early stage product that Meta is gradually introducing while continuing to test and refine the experience in its initial stages. What is Meta’s Pocket […]

How Anthropic’s Samsung Chip Plan Targets OpenAI’s Jalapeño

By Devanshi Kashyap | July 3, 2026

The race to build stronger artificial intelligence is not just about better large language models anymore. Now, the top AI companies are focusing on the hardware driving these systems. Take Anthropic, for example, they are reportedly in talks with Samsung Electronics to create custom AI chips. These talks point to a bigger industry shift. Artificial intelligence firms want more control over their computing power and do not want to rely so heavily on Nvidia, whose GPUs are still the industry standard for training and running advanced AI models. If Anthropic and Samsung end up working together, this could boost efficiency, […]

US in Talks With AI Companies Over How Models Get Released

US Govt. Close to a “Voluntary Deal” With AI Companies on How Models Get Released

By Abhijay Singh Rawat | July 2, 2026

The US government is negotiating a framework for how the most powerful AI models reach the public. According to a Financial Times report, the US government is in advanced talks with AI companies to create voluntary standards for the release of new models, with an announcement possible as soon as next week, citing sources. Reuters relayed the report but noted it could not immediately verify it. The White House, Anthropic, and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The word doing the heavy lifting here is voluntary. This is not a licensing regime or a mandate. It is […]

Meta Is Building a Cloud Business to Sell Its Spare AI Compute

By Abhijay Singh Rawat | July 1, 2026

Meta wants to sell the AI computing power it is not using. According to a Bloomberg report on July 1, Meta Platforms is building a cloud business to sell excess artificial intelligence computing capacity, as tech giants seek returns on costly AI investments amid worries about overspending. The share market reacted to tech giants’ move immediately. Meta shares rose more than 10% in early trading, easing pressure on a stock that had underperformed the S&P 500 this year with a nearly 15% decline. Parallelly, several neocloud rivals fell on the same news. Here’s the reason behind both moves explained, and […]

Meituan’s LongCat 2.0 Turns a Model Launch Into a Compute Sovereignty Statement

By Khwaish Manwani | June 30, 2026

When China’s food delivery application Meituan revealed its new LongCat 2.0 large language model, the declaration spread like fire and seemed like something beyond a routine upgrade. The company claims that the trillion-parameter system was assessed, trained, and run entirely on a 50,000-chip cluster built with Chinese-made processors. This is a claim that addresses a sensitive fault line in global AI development. In revealing and open-sourcing LongCat 2.0, Meituan is not only entering China’s crowded AI race, but also stating that frontier models do not need to depend on U.S. chips. What Is Meituan’s LongCat 2.0’s Aim? LongCat 2.0 is […]

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BIS Warns the AI Spending Boom May Be Outrunning Its Returns

By Devanshi Kashyap | June 30, 2026

Artificial intelligence continues to dominate corporate boardrooms and financial markets, with companies racing to secure computing power, build massive data centers, and develop increasingly sophisticated AI models. This excitement has set off a wave of unprecedented spending across the tech world, making people even more convinced that AI will define the next era of economic growth. Yet, amid the optimism, a different concern is beginning to emerge. The question now isn’t whether AI can change everything, it’s whether businesses are spending too much, too soon, without solid proof that these investments will actually deliver the returns everyone expects. The Bank […]

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Anthropic’s Claude Comes to Microsoft Foundry on Nvidia Blackwell

By Khwaish Manwani | June 30, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude models will now be present in Microsoft Foundry, hosted on Microsoft Azure and boosted by Nvidia GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs. The access depicts a change in how proprietary AI is being embedded and sold. Instead of providing a standalone model, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic put forward a clustered stack that combines model access, architecture, regulation, and adoption. For Azure-focused organizations building sovereign and domain-specific agents, the focus is no longer model quality but efficiency, control, and capability to operationalize agentic systems at scale. The availability flowd in Microsoft Foundry shows the growth and acceleration of proprietary AI from […]

What is OpenAI’s Codex Micro? Everything We Know About the AI Coding Device

By Devanshi Kashyap | June 30, 2026

OpenAI is about to launch its first hardware product on July 15, a big moment for the company as it moves beyond just AI software. But if you are picturing an AI smartphone or some futuristic gadget, that is not what is coming. The new product, called the Codex Micro, is a small desktop accessory created with hardware maker Work Louder, and it is built specifically for OpenAI’s AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI has not shared all the specifics or the price yet, but the teasers point to one thing: Codex Micro is all about making AI assisted coding faster […]

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Apple Is Pushing iPhone Security Updates Early to Outrun AI Attacks

By Devanshi Kashyap | June 30, 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity so fast, hardly anyone saw this coming a couple of years ago. One one hand, AI helps developers and security researchers spot vulnerabilities and strengthen defenses; on the other hand, it lets hackers analyze software, identify weaknesses, and develop exploits much faster than before. As a result, the traditional routines of software releases where security fixes often wait for scheduled monthly or quarterly updates doesn’t work anymore. Apple also started pushing out security updates for iPhones earlier than usual. Why? The company says it is speeding up these patches because AI powered tools are making […]

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