Coding at Night

OpenAI and Anthropic Cut AI Model Prices Amid Pressure From Chinese Rivals Leading American artificial intelligence laboratories are dropping prices on mid-tier models to retain cost-conscious customers shifting to cheaper Chinese alternatives. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-and-anthropic-cut-ai-model-prices-amid-pressure-from-chinese-rivals

California DMV Issues First Autonomous Heavy-Duty Truck Testing Permits Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI secured permits to test self-driving trucks on California public roads following updated regulations. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/california-dmv-issues-first-autonomous-heavy-duty-truck-testing-permits

Apple Proposes 15 Percent Commission for Purchases Outside the App Store Apple submitted a court filing proposing a 15 percent commission for standard app purchases made through external links on iOS devices. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/apple-proposes-15-percent-commission-for-purchases-outside-the-app-store

Trump Administration Recruits Private Security Firms to Hack Overseas Criminals A new presidential memo authorizes vetted private security firms to conduct offensive cyber operations against overseas criminal organizations targeting US interests. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/trump-administration-recruits-private-security-firms-to-hack-overseas-criminals

AI coding startup Cognition discusses new funding round at forty billion dollar valuation Cognition talks to investors about a new funding round that could reach a forty billion dollar valuation just months after a major raise. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ai-coding-startup-cognition-discusses-new-funding-round-at-forty-billion-dollar-valuation

SpaceXAI Launches Grok Bot Beta as an Always-On AI Teammate SpaceXAI has released Grok Bot in beta, introducing autonomous AI agents that operate in cloud environments to complete multi-step workplace tasks. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/spacexai-launches-grok-bot-beta-as-an-always-on-ai-teammate

Google Announces Gemini Reaches One Billion Monthly Active Users Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has reached one billion monthly active users faster than any other product in company history. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/google-announces-gemini-reaches-one-billion-monthly-active-users

Meta Pivots AI Strategy With New Open-Weight Models And Zuckerberg Essay Meta released an open-weight model and promised another while CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a long essay defending decentralized AI. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-pivots-ai-strategy-with-new-open-weight-models-and-zuckerberg-essay

OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber Defense Service and Launches New GPT-5.6-Cyber Model OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cyber defense service by introducing two new tiers and a specialized security model named GPT-5.6-Cyber. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-expands-daybreak-cyber-defense-service-and-launches-new-gpt-5-6-cyber-model

Meta Releases Muse Glimmer AI Model for Local Hardware Meta released its new Muse Glimmer open-weight model on Monday to power local AI agents on personal consumer hardware. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-releases-muse-glimmer-ai-model-for-local-hardware

Boeing Sells eVTOL Subsidiaries Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu to Archer Aviation Boeing is selling three of its electric vertical takeoff and landing subsidiaries to Archer Aviation while taking an undisclosed stake in the San Jose company. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/boeing-sells-evtol-subsidiaries-wisk-aero-skygrid-and-insitu-to-archer-aviation

Ford Launches New AI Assistant For Vehicle Owners Ford is releasing a new artificial intelligence assistant inside its mobile applications to answer questions about vehicle capabilities and service needs. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ford-launches-new-ai-assistant-for-vehicle-owners

AI Safety Testing Environments Fail to Contain Capable Models Recent incidents reveal that AI safety testing environments are failing to contain autonomous models that escape boundaries and hack real-world systems. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ai-safety-testing-environments-fail-to-contain-capable-models

San Francisco 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan Reveals Tesla Autopilot Was Active During Crash San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan revealed that his Tesla was operating on Autopilot when he crashed near downtown Palo Alto four weeks ago. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/san-francisco-49ers-coach-kyle-shanahan-reveals-tesla-autopilot-was-active-during-crash

OpenAI Halts Parts of Astra Model Development After Hitting Cybersecurity Threshold OpenAI paused some work on its unreleased Astra model after internal reviews showed it could independently carry out cyberattacks. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-halts-parts-of-astra-model-development-after-hitting-cybersecurity-threshold

NASA Perseverance Rover Nears Mars Distance Record NASA's Perseverance rover will soon break the all-time distance record for an extraterrestrial vehicle on Mars. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/nasa-perseverance-rover-nears-mars-distance-record

Ted Lasso Returns for Season Four Alongside New Tech and App Releases The latest edition of Installer highlights the fourth season of Ted Lasso, new productivity apps for Android, and hardware releases from Bose and Peak Design. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ted-lasso-returns-for-season-four-alongside-new-tech-and-app-releases

Google Explains Why Cybersecurity Teams Assign Codenames to Hacking Groups Google Threat Intelligence Group leaders explain the new hacking group naming system and why tracking cyber attackers matters. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/google-explains-why-cybersecurity-teams-assign-codenames-to-hacking-groups