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AI Weekly Issue #504: America blocked its best AI. China just raised $7.4 billion.

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Four days after Washington cut foreign access to Anthropic’s top models, the fallout is clear — and it’s flowing to everyone but Anthropic. Cohere says it’s drowning in government inbounds, DeepSeek just closed a record $7.4B round, and China’s labs are slashing token prices up to 99%. The export control meant to protect America’s AI […]

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Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit

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Justice department urges judge to throw out suit brought by NAACP over xAI’s methane-gas turbines in MississippiThe Trump administration is coming to the defense of Elon Musk in a lawsuit over claims that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, is polluting residential neighborhoods in north Mississippi. The justice department told a federal court late on Monday

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Trump admin helps xAI fight pollution lawsuit, says military needs Grok for war

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The Trump administration is trying to help Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. beat a Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The US said the NAACP lawsuit threatens an xAI data center that powers Grok systems needed by the military. The NAACP sued xAI and subsidiary MZX

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Anthropic “pauses” token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK

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Last month, Anthropic announced a billing change that would have substantially increased costs for heavy users of its automation-focused Claude Agent SDK, including many third-party apps. On Monday, though, Anthropic abruptly announced it had paused those pricing changes just as they were set to take effect, allowing Agent SDK users to continue drawing from the

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Exclusive eBook: How AI is becoming the next military advisor

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A collection of stories about how militaries are using AI models to make decisions. This subscriber-only eBook is a package of six stories that were originally published in MIT Technology Review between April 11, 2025, and April 21, 2026, and have been updated to reflect recent developments. by James O’Donnell Choose which file format to

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MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum

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In May, the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) marked its first anniversary with MIT Manufacturing Week, four days of events that attracted more than 800 registrants including students, faculty, industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and government officials to explore topics ranging from how companies are using AI on factory floors to the role of startups in

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