NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations
The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker.
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month with a huge claim: it had solved a mathematical bottleneck…
These U.S. Soccer Legends Played in World Cups. Here’s Why They Believe the 2026 World Cup Is a Massive Business Opportunity
As cohosts of the hit podcast Unfiltered Soccer, US soccer legends Tim Howard and Landon Donovan are capitalizing on America’s soccer boom ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup while warning about the rising costs of youth soccer’s pay-to-play system.
I Built Movement Into My Company’s Workday — Here’s How It Changed Focus and Output
If your team feels slower or burned out, it might not be the workload. It might be how little they move during the day.
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky Passed on OpenAI — Now He’s Quietly Building His Own AI Company
The Airbnb founder has said AI chatbots aren’t robust enough for the travel industry. So he’s building a company to deliver what he needs.
US Tech Layoffs Hit a Two-Year High in May. But There’s a Catch: ‘The Labor Market Is Being Reshaped’
AI is the leading reason for job cuts, with 38,242 positions eliminated in May. But the full picture is more complicated than it looks.
AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India
The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.
Zoom and Google Already Had This Product. But He Built It Anyway and Hit $1.5 Billion: ‘Care More About Your Particular Problem’
Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in a market that Zoom and Google already owned. His secret had nothing to do with technology.
The Best Leaders Don’t Predict the Future — They Build Teams That Can Handle It
The companies that grow fastest treat failed experiments as valuable lessons, not mistakes.
The Download: AI hacking beyond Mythos, and chatbots’ impact on our brains
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos On Monday, reports emerged that attackers had used Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach was…
Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?
This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people interact with digital technologies. Early…