21 Jun 2026
What is GLM-5.2? Another open-source Chinese AI model has Silicon Valley's attention.
Silicon Valley is impressed by GLM 5.2, a new open-source Chinese AI model.
21 Jun 2026
Claude Identity Verification Starts July 8: What Facial Data Anthropic Collects
Starting July 8, 2026, Anthropic can legally demand a government-issued photo ID, a live selfie, and a facial geometry scan from consumer Claude users before granting or maintaining access to the platform — the first time a major US frontier AI lab has codified this level of biometric identity collection in its consumer privacy policy.
21 Jun 2026
10 things CG artists need to know about Unreal Engine 6
Epic Games held Unreal Fest 2026, its annual user conference, in Chicago this week. While the keynote covered a lot of ground, from the release of Unreal Engine 5.8 to the latest updates to Fortnite, the centerpiece was undoubtedly Unreal Engine 6, the next major version of the game engine and industry-changing real-time content creation tool.
21 Jun 2026
Inside Anthropic's Trump Showdown: Sales Stay Strong
Anthropic faced Trump administration pressure and was blacklisted by the Pentagon in March 2026 , yet business spending on its AI tools continued climbing. According to Ramp’s spending data, Anthropic recorded its highest adoption month during the very month it got blacklisted.
20 Jun 2026
Two ex-OpenAI founders built a tool to measure how well AI models actually know who you are
Thomas Dimson and Joey Flynn built In the Weights to show you what AI models remember about you without search. That is a sharper reputational test than a vanity Google search, because the answer now comes from the model before it ever sends anyone to a link. If you still Google your own name to see how the world sees you, you're checking the old front door.
20 Jun 2026
CyberSentinel AI with 33 Security Tools, Including Nmap, SQLMap, ZAP, and uses Claude, GPT
A new open-source cybersecurity platform called CyberSentinel AI v3.0 has emerged as a significant development in autonomous security tooling, combining 33 real-world penetration testing and threat intelligence tools with a provider-agnostic AI engine that supports Claude, GPT-4o, OpenRouter, and fully offline local inference via Ollama.
20 Jun 2026
Security News This Week: Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by the United States military and regional police department supplier Rank One, WIRED found in an investigation this week. Meta has been exploring the possibility of adding face recognition tech into its smart glasses, and WIRED previously reported that the app for the glasses contained code —now deleted—that would have enabled the company to…
20 Jun 2026
Claude Fable 5 on Bedrock Requires Sharing Inference Data with Anthropic
Using Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 or Mythos 5 on Amazon Bedrock requires opting into provider_data_share, a data retention mode that sends prompts and outputs to Anthropic for 30-day retention with human review. There is no alternative mode.
20 Jun 2026
The hidden cost of letting AI choose your lunch
Some AI users now ask chatbots what to eat, what to text, what to wear, and when to go to bed. Researchers worry they're losing the ability to think for themselves and letting AI shape beliefs. A Wharton researcher says AI users risk becoming "followers of unthought thoughts." People are giving away their most powerful tool to AI: The ability to think.
