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Palantir CEO Slams “Tokenmaxxing” by AI Companies, Bats for AI Sovereignty With Product Launch

Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticised the token-based business model of AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, days after the company posted a nine-point manifesto on AI sovereignty. (Representative image)

In a post on X, the company said AI sovereignty determines an institution’s future, adding that sovereignty is the precondition for choice — and slammed “tokenmaxxing,” the pursuit of high AI token usage that it says creates an addictive feeling of false progress.

55% UK Employees Admit Using Unapproved AI Tools at Work: Report

55% of UK Employees Use Unapproved AI Tools at Work KnowBe4 Report

The report titled “From Agentic Risk to Human Wins” has revealed that 55% of employees admit to using unapproved AI tools, while 1 in 10 knowingly entered sensitive information into AI platforms despite understanding the risks.

Anthropic Re-instates Claude Fable Worldwide, Says Willing to Share Mythos with Other Nations

Anthropic announced Wednesday that it will reinstate Claude Fable model worldwide for users after ban by US government

On June 12, U.S. government had put Claude Fable and Claude Mythos under export control citing national security.

‘A Data Centre Should Produce Water, Not Drink It’: Uravu Labs’ Swapnil Shrivastav

Swapnil Shrivastav, co-founder and CEO of Uravu Labs, at the company's Bengaluru pilot facility, where its liquid-desiccant system extracts water from air using waste heat. (Photo: Uravu Labs / handout)

He Watched His College Run Out of Water. Now He Wants Data Centres to Make It.
A profile on Uravu Labs CEO Swapnil Shrivastav.

Amid Frontier AI Control Debate, Google’s AI Governance Plan Pitches a New U.S. Regulator

Google's white paper proposes a federally overseen Frontier AI Regulatory Organisation to oversee the most advanced AI models. (Image: Representational)

Google’s new white paper calls for a federally overseen Frontier AI Regulatory Organisation (FARO) to set safety standards for the most advanced models, while pushing the government to adapt existing laws for everyday AI tools like chatbots

NVIDIA, Palantir Put Nemotron Open Models Inside US Government Systems

NVIDIA and Palantir have partnered to run Nemotron open models in sovereign, air-gapped environments for US government agencies. (Image: NVIDIA / Palantir)

NVIDIA and Palantir have joined forces to deploy Nemotron open models inside secure, air-gapped environments for US government agencies and critical infrastructure operators.

400 Newspapers Drag Microsoft and OpenAI to Court for “Stealing” Journalists’ Works

35 Publishers running over 400 newspapers across U.S. have filed a federal lawsuit against OoenAI and Microsoft for training their AI models on journalists' works.

Unlike legacy media houses, this time newspapers owned by small businesses and families have filed a lawsuit seeking fair compensation for their work.

AI Agents Can Run Coordinated Political Campaigns: USC Study

Researchers warn AI agents can coordinate influence campaigns on social media with minimal human oversight.

A new USC study finds that generative AI agents can autonomously coordinate political influence operations on social media — clustering, amplifying and converging on a shared narrative with little or no human direction.

Post Ban, Anthropic Allowed to Re-deploy Claude Mythos 5 to U.S. Companies

Anthropic claimed that it has been allowed to re-deploy Claude Mythos 5 to select group of U.S. companies, weeks after it was banned by the U.S. government.

Anthropic informed that it would continue discussion with the government to restore access for these organizations quickly, and to expand access to Mythos 5 and make Fable 5 for the use of the general public

NVIDIA Claims 100% Liquid Cooling and Near-Zero Water for Rubin AI Data Centres

Liquid cooling distribution pipes run above rows of server racks in a data centre. NVIDIA says its Rubin-generation DSX design removes evaporative water cooling through a closed loop. Representative image.

NVIDIA says its Rubin-generation DSX reference design can run AI data centres on a closed-loop liquid cooling system with near-zero water use, a claim that has drawn praise from Elon Musk and Aravind Srinivas.