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Your AI Agents Are Running Wild on Your Network — NewCore Just Raised $66M to Fix That

NewCore emerged from stealth with $66M to solve a problem most enterprises haven't fully admitted they have yet: AI agents are operating on their networks with credentials that would make a security auditor weep.

Dispatch desk · Jun 16, 2026

AI Safety & Policy

China's AI Arms Race: Why the Pentagon Should Be Paying Attention (And Probably Is)

China has declared AI the cornerstone of global power, embedding it directly into military doctrine and civil-military fusion policy. Here's what's real, what's inflated, and why engineers building AI systems should care.

Dispatch desk · Jun 16, 2026

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AI Safety & Policy

AI's Bioweapon Problem: Why Tech CEOs Are Finally Asking Congress for a Leash

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft AI executives have signed a letter urging Congress to mandate screening for synthetic DNA vendors—but the real question is whether AI labs will hold themselves to the same standard.

Dispatch desk · Jun 15, 2026

AI Hardware

Jensen Huang's $1 Trillion Chip Pick: Bold Vision or Master Distraction?

Jensen Huang is calling his shot on the next trillion-dollar AI chip stock. We break down what the hype gets right, what it conveniently skips, and why "Jensen said so" is a vibe, not an investment thesis.

Dispatch desk · Jun 15, 2026

Edge AI Is the Next Semiconductor Goldmine — And No, It's Not Nvidia This Time

AI is migrating off massive server clusters and onto billions of edge devices — and that shift is creating a semiconductor opportunity that has nothing to do with Nvidia's GPU dominance.

From Math to Matter: What AI Actually Gets Right (and Wrong) About Finding New Energy Materials

AI is genuinely accelerating materials discovery for next-gen energy tech—but there's a canyon between a predicted crystal structure and a working battery cell. Here's what the press releases skip.

The Sideline.

Your AI Agents Are Running Wild on Your Network — NewCore Just Raised $66M to Fix That

China's AI Arms Race: Why the Pentagon Should Be Paying Attention (And Probably Is)

AI's Bioweapon Problem: Why Tech CEOs Are Finally Asking Congress for a Leash

Jensen Huang's $1 Trillion Chip Pick: Bold Vision or Master Distraction?

Edge AI Is the Next Semiconductor Goldmine — And No, It's Not Nvidia This Time

From Math to Matter: What AI Actually Gets Right (and Wrong) About Finding New Energy Materials

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 Refuses to Answer High School Biology — On Purpose

Andy Jassy Reportedly Pulled the Pin on Anthropic's Most Powerful Models

Anthropic's Model Suspension Is India's AI Wake-Up Call—But Will Anyone Actually Wake Up?

AI Budgets Are Blowing Up — So Companies Are Quietly Defecting to Chinese LLMs and Open-Source Models

The US Just Geofenced Anthropic's Best AI Models — Here's What That Actually Means