Rapid-MLX Is 2.6x Faster Than Ollama on Apple Silicon
New open-source inference engine for Apple Silicon benchmarks up to 2.6x faster than Ollama, supports 66 model aliases, and drops in as an OpenAI-compatible server on any Mac.
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Lovable Signs Google Cloud Deal to 5x Its Infrastructure
Lovable's multiyear Google Cloud pact quintuples its compute footprint and bundles access to both Claude and Gemini - a bet that enterprise credibility is the next growth act.
DeepSeek Nears $7.4B Close With Tencent and CATL
DeepSeek's maiden external funding round is nearing completion at up to $59B valuation, with Tencent and EV battery giant CATL as the biggest outside investors.
56% of High-Risk Hackers Now Use AI, Anthropic Reports
Anthropic analyzed 832 banned accounts over 12 months and found AI-assisted threat actors grew from a third to more than half of all high-risk cases.
Alphabet's $85B AI Bet Reverses Decade of Buybacks
Alphabet priced an $84.75B equity raise on June 2, reversing a decade of share buybacks to fund a $180-190B AI infrastructure buildout - backed by a $10B bet from Berkshire Hathaway.
Microsoft ASSERT Converts AI Policies Into Test Suites
Microsoft's open-source ASSERT framework turns natural language behavior specs into executable, auditable test suites for AI agents and LLM applications.
UK Forces Google to Give Publishers AI Search Opt-Out
The UK's CMA issued a world-first binding order requiring Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews, AI Mode, and AI model training, with nine months to comply.
Intel Crescent Island GPU Skips HBM for 480GB LPDDR5X
Intel's Crescent Island inference GPU trades HBM bandwidth for 480GB of LPDDR5X, targeting customers locked out of NVIDIA's supply chain.
Claude Mythos Finds 10K Flaws in Critical Systems
Anthropic expands Project Glasswing to 150 organizations across 15 countries, with Claude Mythos Preview surfacing 10,000 high-severity vulnerabilities since April.
Trump Signs Voluntary AI Review Order After Pushback
Trump signed a narrowed AI executive order giving the government 30 days of voluntary pre-release access to frontier models, after industry lobbying gutted the original 90-day mandatory proposal.
New Open Standard Puts AI Agents Under Runtime Control
The Agent Control Standard defines open middleware hooks that let teams block, allow, or modify AI agent actions before they reach production systems.
Anthropic Files for IPO, Eyes $1 Trillion Debut
Anthropic confidentially filed its S-1 with the SEC on June 1, targeting an October 2026 IPO at a near-$1 trillion valuation after a 5x revenue surge in six months.
