About305 PostsBusinessChina Nixes Meta-Manus Tie-Up: State regulators block acquisition of an agentic startup headquarted in SingaporeChina shut down Meta’s attempt to acquire agentic technology that originated within its borders, a blow to further technical interchange and investment between China and the U.S. BusinessU.S. to Evaluate Upcoming Models: U.S. Government Will Test AI Models for National Security Risks, Other Hazards Prior to ReleaseThe U.S. government said it will evaluate cutting-edge models before they’re available to the public, a sharp reversal of the White House’s earlier hands-off policy.BusinessAI at Work, Quantified: Gallup poll shows AI boosts productivity, but many workers haven't tried itHalf of workers in the United States used AI at work at least a few times last year, a sign of steadily rising AI adoption in U.S. workplaces.BusinessByteDance Bids for Video Leadership: ByteDance adds state-of-the-art Seedance 2.0 video to Capcut, while OpenAI retreatsAs OpenAI prepares to shut down Sora, ByteDance made its own video generation model available to hundreds of millions of users.BusinessGPT-5.5 Outperforms, Hallucinates: OpenAI’s latest model tops leaderboards for coding, visual puzzles, and overall intelligenceThe latest update of OpenAI’s flagship model sets new states of the art in important benchmarks but has difficulty distinguishing between what it does and doesn't know.BusinessAnti-Data-Center Revolt Gains Traction: Public opposition to construction of new data centers in the U.S. has spurred political action and violenceResistance to new data centers is mounting across the United States.BusinessLife After Llama: With Muse Spark, Meta pivots away from its open-weights Llama strategyMeta pivoted from its open-weights strategy to deliver a closed alternative.BusinessClaude Mythos Preview Raises Security Worries: Why Claude’s advanced Mythos Preview model will be limited-release-onlyAnthropic took unusual steps to prepare the world for a forthcoming large language model that it said poses extraordinary risks to cybersecurity.BusinessOpenAI Exits Video Generation: OpenAI will shut down Sora, its once state-of-the-art video modelOpenAI plans to shut down its video generator Sora in a sudden retreat from the video market.BusinessInside Claude Code: Claude Code’s source code leaked, exposing potential future features Kairos and autoDreamThe inner workings of the popular coding agent Claude Code are available for all to see.BusinessOpenAI Tracks Agent States on AWS: OpenAI’s deal with Amazon to build a stateful runtime environment for AI agentsOpenAI partnered with Amazon to build infrastructure for agents on the world’s largest cloud platform, a further sign that its close relationship with Microsoft is weakening.BusinessDeepSeek Snubs Nvidia for Huawei: DeepSeek made its upcoming 4.0 model available for performance testing to Chinese chipmakers but not U.S, onesDeepSeek, the Chinese developer of outstanding open-weights models, has withheld an upcoming update of its flagship model from U.S. chip makers, a move that intensifies the AI rivalry between the U.S. and China.BusinessDrones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the regionIran hit at least three Amazon data centers in the Middle East, an indicator of AI’s critical role in the United States’ war against Iran and possibly the first time such facilities have been targeted during warfare.BusinessAI Data Centers Go Off the Grid: Rather than rely on public utilities, AI companies build their own power plantsMeta and OpenAI are among the tech companies that are building private power plants that will operate independently of regional grids to supply electricity for their massive buildout of AI data centers.BusinessAI on Mobile Skyrockets: State of Mobile 2026 Report shows AI chatbot, search, and assistant growth outpaces gaming, social, and moreDownloads of mobile AI apps and resulting revenue are surging.Load MoreSubscribe to The BatchStay updated with weekly AI News and Insights delivered to your inbox