US tells OpenAI to restrict access to its most powerful AI model
US authorities are getting decidedly twitchy about frontier AI models. Just a couple of weeks after ordering Anthropic to prevent foreign companies from getting hold
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AI agents are coming to China’s workplaces too
Chinese tech giant Tencent is set to launch an AI assistant inside WeCom, its Slack-like collaboration tool for enterprises. The new tool, Dayuan, is built
Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.
A 60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn’t shake. It had started two weeks prior and was
Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California
On July 1, it will be illegal for streaming platforms to play ads louder than the content being watched in California. As The Hollywood Reporter
Mark Zuckerberg Urges Meta to Explore Working With Polymarket and Kalshi
Mr. Zuckerberg’s plans for Arena, a prediction markets app that Meta is building, also include appealing to 18- to 34-year-old users.
Russian hackers were behind the Jaguar Land Rover attack that cost the British economy two and a half billion dollars
Russian hackers were behind last year’s devastating cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover, according to a New York Times investigation published Thursday. The breach, which began
OpenAI releases its most powerful AI model to just 20 partners, each one approved by the US government
OpenAI has released GPT-5.6 Sol, its most powerful model, to roughly 20 partners whose names were individually approved by the US government. The release is
The High School Pipeline to South Korea’s Chip-Making Fortunes
Huge memory-chip profits from the global A.I. boom have increased interest in semiconductor factory work. But behind the hype are uncertain job prospects.
Apple skips its high-end M6 chips for an AI-first M7
Apple is breaking its own playbook. It will skip the high-end versions of its M6 chip and leap to an AI-focused M7 line. Apple M7
Aseon Labs raises ten million dollars to build parking-space-sized pods that charge and clean robotaxis
Aseon Labs, a Redwood City startup building automated service pods for robotaxi fleets, has raised ten million dollars in a seed round led by Crane
Cyberattacks pose a ‘threat to life’ in Australia
Australia’s Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has uncovered an attack on a critical infrastructure operator’s network. State-sponsored actors had compromised the network and were preparing to
Forget the Apple tax, this is the AI tax
Apple’s decision to raise prices in response to memory cost increases is not unique to the company. If Apple has to do it, everyone else will as well.
SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has told investors that it plans to launch a new Starlink mobile service for US consumers, in a move that would upend
Rocket Report: China may soon attempt booster landing; Rocket Lab does rapid response
Welcome to Edition 8.47 of the Rocket Report! We have now very nearly reached the midpoint of 2026, a year in which several new US