Why a Canadian bank is trying to predict earthquakes with quantum computers
Why a Canadian bank is trying to predict earthquakes with quantum computers

BMO has filed a provisional patent on a quantum algorithm for seismic forecasting, and is sending mobile branches to wildfire zones with AI dispatch. The bank says it is the future of risk. Banks are not, as a rule, in the earthquake business. They are…

Uber acquires rival Fly Taxi in Hong Kong, Sing Tao reports
Uber acquires rival Fly Taxi in Hong Kong, Sing Tao reports

Uber has acquired the main remaining alternative taxi-hailing app in the city. Acquired five months before Hong Kong’s new ride-hailing licences are expected to come into force, the move locks in Uber’s consolidated position before competitors Didi, Ta…

Anthropic’s Mythos is moving between governments faster than regulators can agree on what to do with it
Anthropic’s Mythos is moving between governments faster than regulators can agree on what to do with it

Anthropic’s most controversial product has spent its first three weeks moving between state actors who cannot agree on whether it is theirs to use, theirs to block, or someone else’s problem entirely. On Wednesday morning, an unnamed Trump administrati…

OpenAI president says AI is now writing 80% of the company’s code
OpenAI president says AI is now writing 80% of the company’s code

Greg Brockman’s comments at Sequoia’s AI Ascent 2026 conference fit a pattern of AI lab leaders citing self-reinforcing productivity numbers, but the underlying evidence on AI coding productivity remains substantially more contested than the headline f…

AI integration demands integrity, not just innovation: Amy Trahey on building accountability into an AI-driven world
AI integration demands integrity, not just innovation: Amy Trahey on building accountability into an AI-driven world

Artificial intelligence has already embedded itself into the rhythms of modern life, shaping decisions in ways that often go unnoticed. Amy Trahey, founder of Great Lakes Engineering Group, believes that integration is exactly what makes it powerful an…

Musk calls himself ‘a fool’ on the stand as OpenAI’s lawyer dismantles his nonprofit narrative
Musk calls himself ‘a fool’ on the stand as OpenAI’s lawyer dismantles his nonprofit narrative

The tense day three of Musk v. Altman saw OpenAI’s lead attorney William Savitt use Musk’s own emails, pledge shortfalls, and Shivon Zilis texts to argue the lawsuit is a competitive grievance dressed as a charitable principle. Elon Musk called himself…

Nvidia B300 servers sell for $1 million in China, nearly double the US price
Nvidia B300 servers sell for $1 million in China, nearly double the US price

Prices have surged from roughly 4 million yuan late last year to 7 million yuan ($1 million) today, driven by the Supermicro co-founder’s arrest, tighter enforcement, and voracious demand from Chinese AI companies unwilling to hold restricted hardware …

More banks join SoftBank’s $40 billion OpenAI loan as syndication enters soft-launch phase
More banks join SoftBank’s $40 billion OpenAI loan as syndication enters soft-launch phase

HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Intesa Sanpaolo are among eight institutions that have submitted commitments as sub-underwriters, in one of the largest tests of creditor appetite for AI-linked debt. The $40 billion bridge loan SoftBank signed in March to fund i…

NVIDIA and Atlassian back Legora’s $600m Series D in a $50m extension that values the legal AI startup at $5.6 billion
NVIDIA and Atlassian back Legora’s $600m Series D in a $50m extension that values the legal AI startup at $5.6 billion

The Stockholm-founded company, which crossed $100m in ARR in 18 months, has now raised $866m in total, and Nvidia’s entry marks the chip giant’s first investment in legal tech. Legora has added $50 million to its Series D round, bringing the total to $…

Social media scams cost Americans $2.1 billion in 2025
Social media scams cost Americans $2.1 billion in 2025

New FTC data published Monday show that nearly 30% of all reported scam losses last year began on social media. Investment scams alone cost $1.1 billion. Shopping scams were the most frequently reported. Romance scams started on social media in 60% of …