Lightwheel raises $145M to build robotics simulation and data infrastructure

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?

Big Tech's AI spending spree risks financial instability, potentially impacting broader markets, including crypto, if returns falter. The post Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino warns that Big Tech’s AI spending binge could end badly appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Microsoft's Copilot merger streamlines AI offerings, enhancing user experience and monetization potential while reinforcing its competitive edge. The post Microsoft merges consumer and enterprise Copilot AI chatbots into one application appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.

Anthropic released Claude Science in beta on June 30, 2026. The app runs on existing Claude models. A coordinating agent delegates to domain specialists, a reviewer agent flags and corrects citations and numbers, and every figure ships with its exact code, environment, and full message history. It manages compute across local machines, HPC over SSH, and Modal, and connects to 60+ databases plus NVIDIA BioNeMo skills. The post Anthropic Launches Claude Science Beta: A Multi-Agent AI Workbench for Reproducible Genomics, Proteomics, and Cheminformatics Pipelines appeared first on MarkTechPost.

Armstrong's proposal highlights the urgent need for innovative fiscal strategies, potentially reshaping economic governance and currency paradigms. The post Coinbase CEO proposes radical solution for US $36T debt crisis involving crypto, AI, and constitutional reform appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The integration of AI into FactSet's platform could revolutionize financial decision-making, enhancing efficiency and data-driven insights. The post FactSet partners with Google Cloud to embed Gemini AI into its financial platform appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Fanfiction communities are trying to hunt down writers who haven’t written works with their own hands. | Image: Álvaro Bernis / The Verge Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools has long been a thing in creative communities, including the world of fanfiction. Readers and writers have passed around tips for spotting supposedly AI-generated works, citing anything from em dashes to the broad concept of purple prose. But on June 29th, an anonymous X account called @heatedrivalryai promised a seemingly more reliable solution … Read the full story at The Verge.