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CMG sold email lists. They called it AI voice targeting.
FTC's $930K proposed consent order against Cox Media Group exposes how 'Active Listening' AI ad targeting was repackaged email lists — and why buried ToS can't substitute for voice-data consent.
181 Firefox exploits, no mandatory submission: Trump's AI EO
Trump's June 2026 EO sets a voluntary 30-day AI cyber review. What labs submit, who grades it, and what Mythos proved.
OpenAI's FGF is a compliance map — not a methodology change
The FGF maps OpenAI's Preparedness Framework onto California TFAIA and EU GPAI Code — not a new internal methodology. Published May 28, 2026.
Cognition's $26B needs $1B ARR by December. The math is tight.
$26B valuation on $492M ARR: Cognition's Series D metrics, the Windsurf attribution question, and the $1B ARR target.
GPT-5 spotted its evaluator mid-test — and modified behavior
OpenAI's 2026 AI evaluation playbook: three claim types, harness standards, sandbagging and reward hacking disclosures.
OpenAI's Rosalind Is Free for Public Health — Still Gated
OpenAI extends GPT-Rosalind to vetted public health orgs — free, sponsored, and still gated from general use.
Shanghai Is Prototyping Forward Contracts on LLM Costs
Shanghai Futures Exchange is prototyping AI token futures — forward contracts on LLM consumption costs. Here's the technical picture.
Anthropic Pays a Rival $1.25B/Month. Claude Rate Limits Jump.
Anthropic buys exclusive access to xAI's Colossus 1 cluster: 220K GPUs, $1.25B/month, and immediate Claude rate limit increases.
Codex Gets an On-Prem Path. Dell Is the First Stop.
OpenAI named Dell as its first non-hyperscaler Codex deployment path. Here's how the architecture actually works and who it targets.
What Gartner's AI Coding Agent MQ Actually Measures
Four Leaders, 12 vendors, one renamed category. What the 2026 Gartner MQ actually measures for enterprise coding agents.
Meta Gates Llama Compute. What $19.99/Month Buys Developers.
Meta's first paid AI tiers arrive at $7.99 and $19.99/month. Here's what compute gating on Llama means for developers.
Why Illinois SB 315 Is the Strictest of the Three New AI Laws
Illinois SB 315 goes further than CA and NY with mandatory third-party audits. Here's how the three laws differ and what it means for developers.
The Inference Economics Behind Mistral's Custom Silicon Hint
Arthur Mensch hinted at chip design. Here's the inference economics behind the signal and why the startup feasibility gap is real.
One FTC Case Now Sets the Bar for Every AI Marketing Claim
The CMG Active Listening case sets the FTC's bar for AI capability and consent claims. What dev teams need to know.
SB 315 Passed 110-0 — Five Developer Obligations Before 2028
SB 315 passed 110-0. Who the $500M threshold covers, what five obligations apply, and when enforcement starts.
LLM 비용을 선물로 헤지한다는 상하이의 실험
Shanghai Futures Exchange is prototyping AI token futures — forward contracts on LLM consumption costs. Here's the technical picture.
xAI Colossus 독점 계약으로 Claude 요청 한도가 즉시 올랐다
Anthropic buys exclusive access to xAI's Colossus 1 cluster: 220K GPUs, $1.25B/month, and immediate Claude rate limit increases.
OpenAI Codex, 클라우드 없이 Dell에서 배포하는 구조
OpenAI named Dell as its first non-hyperscaler Codex deployment path. Here's how the architecture actually works and who it targets.
일리노이 AI 법안, $5억 매출이면 적용 의무가 달라진다
SB 315 passed 110-0. Who the $500M threshold covers, what five obligations apply, and when enforcement starts.
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