11 Jun 2026
SpaceX Blasts Off With a Record-Breaking $75 Billion IPO
Elon Musk's rocket company, recently merged with xAI, raised $75 billion in its initial public stock offering. It's the first of a trio of mega-IPOs from AI companies expected this year.
11 Jun 2026
Friday essay: despite the AI hype, some experts warn of a bubble – what happens if it pops?
In the last few years, the hype around artificial intelligence has become stratospheric. Riding a wave of venture capital, tech leaders promised us AI would revolutionise work , boost productivity and lead to incredible new breakthroughs. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, set a new record when it attained US$110 billion in investments several months ago – and its CEO, Sam Altman, recently claimed…
11 Jun 2026
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is apparently still being used to produce and host nonconsensual explicit images and videos of women, months after Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI said it would introduce restrictions to stop the creation of potentially harmful sexualized deepfakes.
11 Jun 2026
Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why... until now.
11 Jun 2026
Anthropic launches powerful Fable 5 model publicly, while keeping Mythos restricted over cybersecurity concerns
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust . In context: Anthropic's latest release is really a story about control, not just capability.
11 Jun 2026
Coinbase’s new tool can help agents trade and pay for premium research
As AI agent traffic surpasses human traffic on the internet, companies working in commerce and finance are building tools that allow agents to take action on behalf of users at a rapid pace.
11 Jun 2026
OpenAI Could Soon Drop Prices To Compete With Anthropic, Report Says
OpenAI is considering major price cuts for its AI tools in a bid to compete with rival Anthropic, according to a Wall Street Journal report, as both companies prepare to go public later this year and the steep usage cost prompts some companies to scale back or limit usage.
11 Jun 2026
Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to make its debut on Wall Street. What to know
Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6 million shares going up for sale at $135 apiece. Musk, already the world's richest man, could become its first trillionaire.
11 Jun 2026
OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users: WSJ
OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images
