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OpenRouter launches Fusion, a tool for driving multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can achieve "Fable-level intelligence at half the price" (Brian Thomas/OpenRouter Blog)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 15, 2026

Brian Thomas / OpenRouter Blog: OpenRouter launches Fusion, a tool for driving multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can…

Technology

As the U.S. House of Representatives investigates Airbnb’s use of Chinese AI models, CEO Brian Chesky says company doesn’t share data with Chinese companies and uses open source models (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is OpenAI Ready to IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI The…

Technology

Sources: President Trump met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 3 before publicly chastising banks over the GENIUS Act, echoing Coinbase’s position (Jasper Goodman/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 4, 2026

Jasper Goodman / Policy: Sources: President Trump met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 3 before publicly chastising banks…

Business & Money

Brian Niccol talks recovery

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 29, 2026

Starbucks is back — at least that’s what executives said Thursday during the company’s investor presentation in New York.“Starbucks is…

Technology

David Sacks and top MAGA influencers publicly oppose House Speaker Brian Mast’s AI OVERWATCH bill to regulate AI chip sales to China (Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

Technology

China is aggressively deploying AI and robotics to maintain its status as a global manufacturing hub, and major companies are pioneering AI ‘dark factories’ (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: The interview: how Wikipedia responds to the culture wars The future is already here. Each week,…

Technology

ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee’s X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to argue over a new distribution deal (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 1, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Meatbags,” with Brian Mueller The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long…

Business & Money

Comcast names Mike Cavanagh as a CO-PDG alongside Brian Roberts

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 29, 2025

(LR) Michael Cavanagh, then financial manager of Comcast, speaks with Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, while they arrive for the…

Technology

An overview of certain California technological regulation bills, including the use of AI prohibiting in dismissal or discipline workers, who await the signing of the Governor of Newsom or his veto (Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 27, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: The $ 100 billion marriage from Openai and Nvidia, the sloppy vibrations of Meta, Tiktok…

Politics

Brian Kilmeade must be dismissed to suggest the euthanasia of the homeless

By Frank M. EverettSeptember 14, 2025

Politicususa is fighting for a period of evil. Please join our fight by becoming a subscriber.MSNBC dismissed Matthew Dowd for…

Survivors of Myanmar landmine blasts struggle with severed limbs and shattered lives – The Diplomat

Satellite images suggest North Korea is upgrading its ports to accommodate new, larger destroyers – Radio Free Asia

The KMT chair returns from its tour of the United States – The Diplomat

It’s time to revive a forgotten partnership – The Diplomat

Japan eyes homegrown FMS as defense exports become strategic tool – The Diplomat

Target, Walmart and Amazon Lose LGBTQ+ Consumer Spending

Fox agrees to buy Roku. Here’s what investors are missing

Rivian lays off hundreds of workers as R2 launches

General Motors announces new defense partnership with Lockheed Martin

AI could affect real estate prices

Trump made worst deal in US history in leaking text of Iran MOU

House Democrats dismantle Kash Patel’s illegal MAGA FBI slush fund

Support for Trump has collapsed in rural America

Trump refuses to release text of Iran deal and brief Congress because it doesn’t exist

Trump attacks Weather Channel as storm threatens to wipe out his UFC event at White House

A look at the chaos inside Anthropic after Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were deactivated with less than 90 minutes’ notice, as some staffers wonder if Trump is bullying them (New York Times)

OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon told staff the company had “firmly” told the US government that building AI “requires top talent from around the world” (The Information)

Global model startup Odyssey has raised $310 million from Amazon and others at a valuation of $1.45 billion and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips (Financial Times)

Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion (The Information)

Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (Politico)

Browsing: Brian

OpenRouter launches Fusion, a tool for driving multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can achieve "Fable-level intelligence at half the price" (Brian Thomas/OpenRouter Blog)

As the U.S. House of Representatives investigates Airbnb’s use of Chinese AI models, CEO Brian Chesky says company doesn’t share data with Chinese companies and uses open source models (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Sources: President Trump met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 3 before publicly chastising banks over the GENIUS Act, echoing Coinbase’s position (Jasper Goodman/Politico)

Brian Niccol talks recovery

David Sacks and top MAGA influencers publicly oppose House Speaker Brian Mast’s AI OVERWATCH bill to regulate AI chip sales to China (Axios)

China is aggressively deploying AI and robotics to maintain its status as a global manufacturing hub, and major companies are pioneering AI ‘dark factories’ (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)

ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee’s X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to argue over a new distribution deal (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Comcast names Mike Cavanagh as a CO-PDG alongside Brian Roberts

An overview of certain California technological regulation bills, including the use of AI prohibiting in dismissal or discipline workers, who await the signing of the Governor of Newsom or his veto (Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine)

Brian Kilmeade must be dismissed to suggest the euthanasia of the homeless