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Top Tech Stories of 16th Week [2026]
Week sixteen of 2026 showed legal clashes, agentic risk, and rising capital in AI, with major shifts unfolding across courtrooms, data centers, and the Pentagon. Elon Musk’s admission on xAI training Grok on OpenAI models, Anthropic’s $900 billion valuation talks, and Google’s Pentagon deal together show AI competition, law, and…
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Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence to Build Humanoid Robots That Learn From Human Behaviour
Key Takeaways Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a San Diego and New York-based startup developing learning-based AI foundation models for humanoid robots, for an undisclosed sum. ARI co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang, formerly of NYU, UC San Diego, and Nvidia, join Meta Superintelligence Labs alongside the full ARI team.…
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Musk Admits That xAI Trained Grok on OpenAI Models, Then Called It Standard Practice
Key Takeaways Musk confirmed under cross-examination that xAI used OpenAI models “partly” to train Grok, calling it standard industry practice to “use other AIs to validate your AI.” The admission came during cross-examination by OpenAI’s lead attorney William Savitt at the federal courthouse in Oakland on April 30, 2026. Musk…
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Anthropic Eyes $50 Billion Raise at $900 Billion Valuation, Set to Overtake OpenAI
Key Takeaways Anthropic has received multiple preemptive offers in the $850 billion to $900 billion valuation range, up from $380 billion when it last raised in February 2026. The round is expected to total $40 billion to $50 billion; investor demand is reportedly much higher, with one institutional investor prepared…
4 days ago
Google Signs Classified Pentagon AI Deal One Day After 600 Employees Begged It Not To
Key Takeaways Google’s deal grants the Pentagon access to Gemini for classified networks under a “any lawful government purpose” clause, with no enforceable veto over government operational decisions. Over 600 Google employees, including directors and vice presidents, signed an open letter to Pichai one day before the deal was confirmed,…
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