18 Jun 2026
Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
18 Jun 2026
Project Fetch: Phase two
In August 2024, we ran an experiment to see how much Claude could help Anthropic employees—who were not robotics experts—perform sophisticated (and amusing) tasks with an off-the-shelf robotic quadruped (henceforth, a robodog). We called this Project Fetch. We found that access to our state-of-the-art model at the time (Claude Opus 4.1) helped one team substantially outperform the other, who had…
18 Jun 2026
If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
In a viral essay about how ludicrous the idea that LLMs are conscious is, science fiction writer Ted Chiang asked us to consider Microsoft Word: “Being open to the possibility that LLMs are conscious is the same as being open to the possibility that Microsoft Word is conscious, or, more precisely, that multiple distinct consciousnesses are dormant in every Word document containing a…
18 Jun 2026
Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
On today’s episode of Decoder, my guest is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter for The Verge. Often when Hayden comes on the show, it’s because something has gone wrong in the world of AI. Last weekend, that something was a pretty intense mix of Anthropic, the Trump administration, and Anthropic’s new AI model, Fable 5.
18 Jun 2026
Blaming China for Datacenter NIMBYism Is Cope
Last week, congressmembers amplified a claim that Chinese propaganda is driving anti-datacenter sentiment in the United States. And recently OpenAI exposed a Chinese influence operation that used ChatGPT to make anti-datacenter AI slop. Someone in China’s deep state clearly thought it was a good idea to push narratives that throw sand in the gears of America’s domestic AI buildout. But blaming…
18 Jun 2026
DLA Piper Advises Qualcomm Technologies on NEURA Robotics $1.4bn Round
DLA Piper has advised Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on its participation in NEURA Robotics’ Series C financing round of up to US$1.4 billion, a transaction requiring coordinated corporate, regulatory and intellectual property advice across several jurisdictions.
18 Jun 2026
Should You Buy SpaceX Stock This Week or Wait for the Hype to Die Down?
The Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX 5.22% ) initial public offering (IPO) went well, with the stock surging 19% on its first day of trading. Those who bought SpaceX at the $135 IPO price should be happy with the stock continuing to move higher after the launch. As of this writing, SpaceX shares have soared 58% from the offering price. Retail investors now want to know whether they should…
18 Jun 2026
Young minds meet humanoids as study trips gain momentum
Students watch the performance of an intelligent robot dog at a middle school in Pengshan district of Meishan, Sichuan province, on Feb 17, 2025. WENG GUANGJIAN/XINHUA
17 Jun 2026
The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
The Trump administration’s move to impose export controls on Anthropic’s most powerful AI technology followed a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom access to its Claude Mythos model, according to people familiar with the matter.
