SpaceX Files Plans for $55 Billion Terafab Chip Plant — Musk Is Betting the House on Making His Own AI Chips

SpaceX filed plans for a $55-119B Terafab chip plant in Texas. Musk isn't just buying AI chips — he's planning to make them. The vertical integration play is the biggest industrial bet in history.

China's Moonshot AI Just Raised $2 Billion — and the Open-Source Strategy Is Winning

China's Moonshot AI raised $2B at a $20B valuation. The Kimi chatbot maker proves open-source AI can win big — revenues hit $200M/month, and DeepSeek rival is now China's most-funded LLM startup.

Anthropic's Mythos Just Found 271 Firefox Security Bugs — AI Code Auditors Have Arrived

Mozilla patched 271 Firefox bugs uncovered by Anthropic's Mythos AI — including a 15-year-old sandbox exploit. AI security auditing just went from 'maybe useful' to 'you'd be irresponsible not to use it.'

Japan Wants Its Own AI Servers: SoftBank Explores Building with Nvidia and Foxconn

SoftBank wants to build its own AI servers instead of renting from US hyperscalers. With Nvidia chips and Foxconn manufacturing, Japan is making a play for AI sovereignty.

Musk's 'Kill Switch': SpaceX Reserved the Right to Reclaim Anthropic's Compute If Claude 'Harms Humanity'

Musk's $4B compute deal with Anthropic came with strings attached: SpaceX reserves the right to reclaim Colossus 1 if Claude 'harms humanity.' The IPO-driven partnership just got complicated.

Daily News Digest — May 8, 2026

Meta's 8K layoffs, AI-owned LLCs, fusion breakthrough, and molecular prompt engineering — the AI revolution accelerates

Anthropic Just Bought 300 Megawatts of Musk's Compute — And Talked About Putting AI in Orbit

Anthropic is renting SpaceX's entire Colossus 1 data center — 300MW, 220,000 GPUs, live within a month. Musk flipped from calling Anthropic 'doomed' to 'impressed' overnight. The compute arms race just went orbital.

EU Hits Snooze on AI Act: High-Risk Rules Delayed 16 Months, But AI Nudification Is Now Banned

Europe's AI Act just got watered down and pushed back. High-risk rules delayed 16 months, SME paperwork lightened, and AI nudification apps are now banned. Industry relief, rights groups furious.

Daily News Digest — May 7, 2026

Today's top AI stories: election integrity concerns, climate backlash, and China's 140 trillion token daily reality check

China Became the World's AI Testing Ground — And It's Reshaping How AI Gets Used Everywhere

China's daily AI token usage hit 140 trillion in March 2026. Chinese models now process 61% of tokens on OpenRouter. This isn't a projection — it's a deployment pattern that exceeds the US by volume.

DeepSeek Hits $45B Valuation in First Fundraise — China's State-Backed Big Fund Leads

From zero external funding to $45 billion in weeks — and China's government is leading the cheque.

NZ's 'High-Use, Low-Trust' AI Problem — and the New Blueprint Trying to Fix It