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Meta and Anthropic are reportedly in advanced talks over a deal that could reach ten billion dollars, with Meta leasing computing power to the AI startup. The arrangement is striking — two companies that compete in the AI space finding it mutually useful to share infrastructure, which tells you something about how resource-intensive this industry has become.
On the global AI stage, Chinese firm Moonshot has released Kimi K three, an open-weight model the company claims outperforms most American rivals. Open-weight means anyone can download and run it, which puts real pressure on closed-model companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The gap between American and Chinese AI development continues to narrow in ways that matter.
Meanwhile, Apple and Google are facing legal pressure from San Francisco's city attorney over so-called nudify apps — tools that generate non-consensual intimate images of real people. Cease-and-desist letters have been sent regarding thirteen apps across both platforms. It's a reminder that app store gatekeeping carries genuine moral weight, and that regulators are increasingly willing to say so.
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