The Federal Trade Commission has approved Elon Musk's acquisition of Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers, according to a regulatory filing.
In a series of pointed observations published on June 26, 2026, Ball highlights two critical vulnerabilities: the narrowing profit window for frontier models and the unrealistic market assumptions behind the multibillion-dollar AI data center buildout.
The scale of the challenge was substantial: 6,000 email-based injection attempts were logged, leveraging a variety of techniques to bypass the model's defenses.
The Linux Foundation launched Akrites on Thursday alongside 19 founding organizations—including Amazon, Anthropic, Citi, Google, JPMorganChase, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and OpenAI—to coordinate the patching of critical open-source software before AI-powered attackers can exploit it.
Google's DeepMind AI lab has entered into a research and development collaboration with independent film studio A24, with the search giant investing approximately $75 million to create new movie