Today's trail

Anthropic Writes Its Own Rules for Shutting Down AI

An artificial intelligence model could pose a foreseeable risk of $900 million in damage and still miss the bar for federal intervention under draft

AI agents continue to drive tech industry—for better or worse

Japan Backs Optical Chiplet Factory to Halve Chip-to-Chip Power in AI Systems

Optical chiplets for AI data centers gained Japan government backing as NEDO selected an NTT-led consortium to develop silicon photonics mass-production infrastructure. The project targets production samples in 2028 and requires a tenfold manufacturing productivity gain to become commercially

Blacksmith Joins Unicorn Club on $66M Sequoia-Led Round

AI code testing platform hits $1B valuation as Sequoia leads Series C investment

VAST Data Introduces New Foundation Stack for Secure, Production-Ready AI Agent Sandboxes with NVIDIA

The Same Banks Writing the Rules for AI Agents Are the Ones Locking Them Out

Bank of America and Wells Fargo sit on both lists: the open standard's roster and this month's lockout wave. The protocol is a draft. The walls are live. And Wells Fargo's liability contract lands three days before Black Friday.

Europe startups weigh relocation as AI regulation and funding gaps strain growth