Anthropic Hiring AI Chip Design Team
Anthropic confirmed it is building a custom AI chip team to improve its technology's performance, following reports of its partnership with Samsung.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds Real World AI Stage
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 introduces a new Real World AI Stage focusing on physical applications of AI, with events running October 13–15 in San Francisco.
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Iris Nodoca AI System Streamlines Throat Exams
Iris Nodoca, Japan’s first AI medical device, provides influenza assessments in under 10 seconds and is now used at over 2,000 facilities.
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Google Shifts TPU Risk to Balance Sheet via Anthropic Deal
Google has structured a $35 billion financing deal with Broadcom and Morgan Stanley to lease AI chips to Anthropic, offloading hardware risk from its balance sheet.
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Anthropic Secures $10 Billion Compute from New Cloud Startup Volta
Anthropic has locked in $10 billion of computing power from Volta, a cloud startup that emerged just months ago. The six-year deal includes 133 megawatts of capacity from a Norway data center.
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Ati Robotics Builds China-Free Robots Amid US Import Ban
US regulators banned Chinese-made robots last week, prompting startups like Ati Robotics to pivot to India for production, reducing reliance on Chinese parts.
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Runware Launches Sonic Inference Pod for Portable AI Compute
Runware introduced its modular Sonic Inference Pod, offering faster inference at lower cost than serverless platforms and GPU clouds, with 10 pods deployed globally.
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Ukrainian Drones Get AI Upgrades for Kamikaze Strikes
Ukraine's military is deploying 50,000 AI-equipped Shrike drones to autonomously target moving enemy assets, including armored vehicles and helicopters.
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LinkedIn Maintains Flat Compute Capacity Amid AI Investments
LinkedIn is keeping its compute and storage flat this fiscal year, using existing GPUs twice as efficiently to avoid costly expansions.
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Taiwan Detains Nvidia Employee in China Chip Smuggling Probe
Taiwan's prosecutors detained an Nvidia employee in a widening probe into illegal exports of Super Micro AI servers to China, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.
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PJM Grid May Temporarily Cut Data Centers to Prevent Blackouts
PJM Interconnection plans to cut power to data centers during shortages starting in 2027, citing rising demand and failed capacity auctions.
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Samsung Chip Workers Seek Better Bonuses at SK Hynix
Samsung semiconductor workers are defecting to SK Hynix, which is offering $476,000 bonuses, sparking a talent war in the HBM chip industry.