Scientists built SpudCell, the first synthetic cell that grows, divides and evolves, entirely from non-living chemicals. They still won't call it alive.

A source says Anthropic and the Trump administration have not discussed a government equity stake, after a report that OpenAI proposed giving Washington 5%.

Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff that agentic AI has not accelerated as hoped, four months after a major reorganisation of the company's AI division.

Alibaba will bar staff from using Anthropic's Claude Code from July 10 over an alleged backdoor, a source says, amid a wider Claude-Qwen dispute.

Microsoft Frontier company will deploy 6,000 engineers to deliver enterprise AI outcomes. AWS launched a $1B version two days earlier. OpenAI and Anthropic too.

Anthropic is discussing a custom chip partnership with Samsung, though the project is early-stage and the company has not committed to a design.

A lawsuit alleges Wisk Aero cut FAA-required software testing to hit a deadline, then fired the manager who reported it internally.

Kuaishou confirmed a two billion dollar raise for Kling AI, with more investors potentially pushing the total to three billion dollars.

SK Hynix will spend $51.46bn on a new NAND fab in Cheongju by 2029, part of a $64bn package as AI-driven memory demand strains supply.

Ford sold 549,200 vehicles in Q2, down 10.3%. Pure EV sales plunged 40.7%. F-Series sales fell 11% after its top aluminium supplier suffered two factory fires.

Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 ranks fourth on a leading benchmark and costs far less than Claude or GPT-5.5, as US export curbs reshape the AI race.

Interactive avatar models are evolving beyond fidelity toward real-time responsiveness. A three-level framework, from talking to listening to seeing, maps the path from one-way generation to full ...