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Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode improvements aimed at agent coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Father of the iPod and iPhone: Developing Taste, Judgment and Creativity in the Age of AI…

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Granta and Commonwealth Foundation say they cannot yet determine whether AI was used to write award-winning short story after critics highlight signs of AI use (The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: Dear graduates: we are sorry for Schmidt’s speech A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by…

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Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200 million to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar $50 million deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: What does it mean to be mission-driven in 2026? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly…

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Filing: Jensen Huang’s foundation purchased $108.3 million worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: Filing: Jensen Huang’s foundation purchased $108.3 million worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and…

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The OpenAI Foundation says it is working to finalize more than $100 million in grants this month, across six institutions, to support and accelerate Alzheimer’s research (Jacob Trefethen/OpenAI Foundation)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI vs. Anthropic’s Direct Faceoff + Future of Agents – With Aaron Levie The Big…

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The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, a 14% increase from the previous year (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic…

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A look at South Korea’s Independent AI Foundation Model competition, which aims to find the best local AI models, aiming to compete with the United States and China (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Patrick O’Shaughnessy – Create according to principles The leading destination for learning about business…

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Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Agentic AI Foundation, Says There Are Now Over 10,000 Active Public MCP Servers (Anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 9, 2025

Anthropic: Anthropic donates the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation and says there are now more than 10,000…

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Source: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and more are expected to unveil the Agentic AI Foundation to create open source AI agent standards this week (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 9, 2025

Aaron Holmes / The information: Source: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and more are expected to unveil the Agentic AI Foundation…

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Ron Conway, a close friend of Marc Benioff for more than 25 years, resigned from the Salesforce Foundation board, citing Benioff’s comments supporting Trump (Heather Knight/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: The electric vehicle tax credit is gone – now the hard part begins A…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

GM eyes new type of battery to expand data center and energy storage business

LIV Golf CEO says to take PIF ‘at its word’ as funding cliff approaches

Rivian is betting that R2 EV can make it a household name like Tesla

The bank will deploy more powerful agents this year

SpaceX Employees Create Low-Cost Choreo Wealth Management Plan for Post-IPO

Republicans go off the rails and say they don’t need proof to say the election is rigged

Top House Democrat demands answers about Trump’s health after he falls asleep during NBA Finals

BBC Scares Trump of His Own Defamation Lawsuit

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

A look at Unitree’s growth strategy, which mimics those used by BYD and DJI, and leverages its dominance of quadruped robots to create and lead the humanoid market (SemiAnalysis)

AI will increase productivity in the short term, but only two expect job creation (Wall Street Journal)

Trump administration officials have asked CAISI to stop publishing its assessment models pending implementation of an EO signed by President Trump last week (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

Seattle City Council votes 9-0 to enact a one-year moratorium on new large data centers and study their impact; Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign the bill (Greg Kim/The Seattle Times)

Super Micro Computer aims to raise $7 billion through equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund the purchase of components needed to fulfill AI server orders (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)

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Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode improvements aimed at agent coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Granta and Commonwealth Foundation say they cannot yet determine whether AI was used to write award-winning short story after critics highlight signs of AI use (The Guardian)

Anthropic and the Gates Foundation pledge $200 million to use AI in health and education initiatives; the foundation signed a similar $50 million deal with OpenAI in January (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Filing: Jensen Huang’s foundation purchased $108.3 million worth of AI computing time from CoreWeave and is donating it to universities and other nonprofit institutes (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

The OpenAI Foundation says it is working to finalize more than $100 million in grants this month, across six institutions, to support and accelerate Alzheimer’s research (Jacob Trefethen/OpenAI Foundation)

The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, a 14% increase from the previous year (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

A look at South Korea’s Independent AI Foundation Model competition, which aims to find the best local AI models, aiming to compete with the United States and China (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Anthropic Donates Model Context Protocol to Agentic AI Foundation, Says There Are Now Over 10,000 Active Public MCP Servers (Anthropic)

Source: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and more are expected to unveil the Agentic AI Foundation to create open source AI agent standards this week (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Ron Conway, a close friend of Marc Benioff for more than 25 years, resigned from the Salesforce Foundation board, citing Benioff’s comments supporting Trump (Heather Knight/New York Times)