Tech news today centers on how fast AI is spreading into products, policy and infrastructure, even as regulators and financial institutions struggle to keep pace. At the same time, platform accountability and creator tools remain in focus, from a major labor settlement for gig wo...
Tech news today centers on how fast AI is spreading into products, policy and infrastructure, even as regulators and financial institutions struggle to keep pace. At the same time, platform accountability and creator tools remain in focus, from a major labor settlement for gig workers to new mobile editing software.
Alibaba unveils a new AI chip and pairs it with plans for larger AI models, casting the move as a push to strengthen its position across computing, cloud and data infrastructure. The company describes the processor as China’s most powerful and ties the announcement to broader investment in the hardware and systems needed to train advanced models.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 as its new flagship model, saying it delivers performance comparable to Claude Fable 5.1 while cutting operating costs versus Opus 5. The company says the model is about 40% cheaper to run, with pricing cited at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.
Banks are warning that AI shopping agents may outrun the fraud controls and privacy safeguards meant to contain them. As chatbots begin browsing, selecting and potentially purchasing goods for consumers, lenders say the tools could open new paths for scams, unauthorized transactions and data exposure, especially when tied to payment and account credentials.
Donald Trump tells the UN General Assembly that the United States will rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" in official documents and press other countries to adopt the term. He argues that "artificial" understates the technology, while also rejecting international oversight efforts and signaling a more unilateral U.S. approach to AI policy.
DoorDash agrees to pay $131.5 million to settle New York City claims over delivery worker pay, resolving an investigation by the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The case centers on whether couriers were underpaid or compensated incorrectly, and the settlement marks one of the larger labor-related payouts involving a gig platform.
Adobe releases its free Premiere mobile video editing app for Android, extending to Google’s platform a touch-first editor that debuted earlier on iPhone. The app is built for on-the-go editing and gives creators a mobile version of Premiere aimed at quick video production without a desktop workflow.
Top Tech stories
- DoorDash to pay $131.5 million in NYC settlement over delivery worker pay (18 sources)
- Alibaba unveils new AI chip and outlines plans for a larger AI model (10 sources)
- Adobe releases free Premiere mobile video editor for Android (10 sources)
- Trump renames AI “super intelligence” and rejects international oversight at UN (9 sources)
- Channing Tatum Denies Burner Instagram Account Rumors Targeting Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles (8 sources)
- Major banks warn AI shopping agents may increase scams, fraud, and data-privacy risks (7 sources)
- Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5, claiming Fable 5.1-level performance at lower cost (7 sources)
- Guterres urges AI regulation, an end to wars, climate action and UN reform in final Assembly speech (6 sources)
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