3 Iran has struck Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain again
It promised to hit US companies only yesterday. (FT $)
+ Other targets include Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia. (CNBC)
+ AWS data centers in Bahrain were also hit last month. (Reuters $)
4 OpenAI was secretly behind a child safety campaign group
It pushed for age verification requirements for AI. (The San Francisco Standard $)
+ OpenAI had backed the legislation as a compromise measure. (WSJ $)
+ Coincidentally, Sam Altman heads a company providing age verification. (Engadget)
5 Anthropic is scrambling to limit the Claude Code leak
It’s trying to remove 8,000 copies of the exposed code from GitHub. (Gizmodo)
+ An executive blamed the leak on “process errors.” (Bloomberg $)
+ Here’s what it reveals about Anthropic’s plans. (Ars Technica)
+ AI is making online crimes easier—and it could get much worse. (MIT Technology Review)
6 A new Russian “super-app” aims to emulate China’s WeChat
And give the Kremlin new surveillance powers. (WSJ $)
7 America’s AI boom is leaving the rest of the world behind
And it’s concentrating power and wealth in a handful of companies. (Rest of World)
8 Chinese chipmakers have claimed nearly half the country’s market
Nvidia’s lead is shrinking rapidly. (Reuters $)
9 The first quantum computer to break encryption is imminent
New research reveals how it could happen. (New Scientist)
10 The world’s oldest tortoise has been embroiled in a crypto scam
Reports that Jonathan died at just 194 years old are thankfully false. (Guardian)