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Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions — and not on better models
On July 2, Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business, announced the formation of the Microsoft Frontier Company. The new The post Microsoft, AWS and Anthropic are spending billions — and not on better models appeared first on The New Stack.
Jul 5, 2026
10 moments that defined AI’s turbulent first half of 2026
Halfway through 2026, artificial intelligence has been at the center of every major story inside the world of software development The post 10 moments that defined AI’s turbulent first half of 2026 appeared first on The New Stack.
Jul 5, 2026
The AI revolution will not be televised — it’ll be quantized
With apologies to Gil Scott-Heron and his timeless 1971 protest song, if anyone thought the AI revolution would not be The post The AI revolution will not be televised — it’ll be quantized appeared first on The New Stack.
Jul 5, 2026
Why cheaper models alone won’t save your AI budget
Finding the most capable model at the lowest cost has always been the goal. But as agentic AI evolves, a The post Why cheaper models alone won’t save your AI budget appeared first on The New Stack.
Jul 5, 2026
Apple just turned Safari into something AI agents can control
Earlier this week, Apple’s WebKit team shipped Safari Technology Preview 247 with a built-in Model Context Protocol server — 16 The post Apple just turned Safari into something AI agents can control appeared first on The New Stack.
Jul 5, 2026
The $1.3 million theft that exposed AI’s blind spot
Cyberattacks used to be the biggest security issue surrounding AI infrastructure, but that could be changing. A recent cargo theft The post The $1.3 million theft that exposed AI’s blind spot appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Microsoft just admitted its biggest AI mistake — and spent $2.5 billion fixing it
Microsoft’s latest AI services announcement suggests the era of standardizing on a single model may be ending. This week, the The post Microsoft just admitted its biggest AI mistake — and spent $2.5 billion fixing it appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
“AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding agents to save its mentoring model
Godot Engine, the open-source alternative to game engines such as Unity, is rewriting its contribution policy to bar most AI-generated The post “AI contributions are demoralizing”: Godot bans coding agents to save its mentoring model appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
What comes after attention? This startup says it already knows.
When Subquadratic launched earlier this year, it could build a sparse-attention model that could handle a 12-million token context window The post What comes after attention? This startup says it already knows. appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Your social login buttons run on third-party cookies. FedCM doesn’t.
“Sign in with Google” and “Continue with Apple” have carried federated login for more than a decade. They strip away The post Your social login buttons run on third-party cookies. FedCM doesn’t. appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Why traditional CI/CD fails for LLMs (and the release gates we built to fix it)
This article explains why traditional CI/CD gates are not enough for production AI systems. I share a practical release-gating approach The post Why traditional CI/CD fails for LLMs (and the release gates we built to fix it) appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
OpenClaw’s new app doesn’t run AI on your phone. That’s the whole point.
OpenClaw finally dropped its iOS and Android apps this week, meaning you can now ditch the Telegram and WhatsApp methods The post OpenClaw’s new app doesn’t run AI on your phone. That’s the whole point. appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Cordyceps flaw pattern is more proof CI/CD is part of the attack surface
On June 24, research from Novee Security was released, reporting a CI/CD weakness that could enable anyone with an unauthenticated The post Cordyceps flaw pattern is more proof CI/CD is part of the attack surface appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Cloudflare wants to build the economic layer of the AI web
AI has changed the web right before our eyes. With Google’s AI Overviews doing the heavy lifting, publications that once The post Cloudflare wants to build the economic layer of the AI web appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
“You Only Compute Once”: How Clockwork wants to put an end to AI training restarts
On a large enough GPU cluster, something is always breaking. That’s just a fact of life. The standard fix is The post “You Only Compute Once”: How Clockwork wants to put an end to AI training restarts appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
The call is coming from inside your pipeline: the anatomy of a Codecov attack
In January 2021, an attacker added a single line of code to a popular bash script. Tens of thousands of The post The call is coming from inside your pipeline: the anatomy of a Codecov attack appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
How Anthropic is bringing Fable 5 back — and when it’ll cost you
After the U.S. government lifted its export controls for Fable 5 on Tuesday, Anthropic announced that it would bring the The post How Anthropic is bringing Fable 5 back — and when it’ll cost you appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Fable is coming back: Federal government lifts export controls on Anthropic AI model
Anthropic can now bring back Fable. The U.S. Commerce Department is lifting the export controls it placed on both AI models, The post Fable is coming back: Federal government lifts export controls on Anthropic AI model appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 system card says more about the future of AI than its benchmarks do
With the debut of Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 on Tuesday came its benchmark charts, showing improvements across coding, reasoning, and The post Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 system card says more about the future of AI than its benchmarks do appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions
Egor Komarov for Unsplash The post The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August
Anthropic on Tuesday launched Sonnet 5, the latest model in its mainstream Sonnet series. The company calls Sonnet 5 its The post Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research
On Tuesday, Anthropic launched Claude Science, a new application for scientists that can run locally on macOS and Linux or The post Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
AWS launches a desktop for agents
After a short public preview, AWS on Tuesday made its Amazon WorkSpaces for Agents — which you should definitely not The post AWS launches a desktop for agents appeared first on The New Stack.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026