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Apple is exploring partnerships with Intel and Samsung to move core chip production to the U.S., aiming to diversify its supply chain. In AI news, Sam Altman’s plan to spin off OpenAI’s robotics and hardware divisions was rejected, while DeepInfra raised $107M to expand its inference cloud. Meanwhile, US government spending on Palantir surged 84% amid growing demand for its targeting systems.
Security alerts highlight vulnerabilities in uutils and buffer overflows in Nix and Lix daemons. While the Copy Fail exploit impacts Podman containers, its reach is limited in rootless setups. On the innovation front, Sectorllm enables Llama2 inference via just 1,369 bytes of x86 assembly. Meanwhile, Retro Games Ltd. announced the THEC64, a new handheld for Commodore 64 emulation.
AI music startup Suno faces major lawsuits from record labels over copyright claims, while NIST reports China’s DeepSeek V4 Pro lags leading US models by eight months. Safety concerns mount following issues with Elon Musk’s Grok and OpenAI. Meanwhile, Maryland has banned AI-driven dynamic grocery pricing, and Boston Dynamics sees high-level executive departures amid pressure to scale humanoid robot production.
A Harvard study reveals OpenAI’s o1 model outperforms human doctors in ER diagnoses, hitting 67% accuracy against 50-55% for physicians. In global finance, Nigeria’s OPay is eyeing a $4 billion US IPO, while OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar has signaled a potential 2027 IPO. Meanwhile, a proxy war over AI regulation intensifies as Chris Larsen pledges $3.5 million to congressional candidate Alex Bores.
OpenAI has launched its GPT-5.5-Cyber model via a limited release for trusted defenders, sparking debate over restrictive access. In the enterprise sector, Atlassian is gaining market share from ServiceNow by leveraging AI-native features. Meanwhile, Ubuntu and Canonical servers are facing a sustained DDoS attack by the group 313 Team, and NASA has updated the Artemis III mission timeline to late 2027.
The House has passed a bill to reopen the TSA following a 75-day shutdown, though it excludes funding for federal immigration enforcement. In cybersecurity, four official SAP npm packages were compromised in a supply-chain attack to steal developer credentials. Meanwhile, Spain’s parliament is moving to prevent massive IP blockages by LaLiga, and Zambia has abruptly canceled the RightsCon conference.