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Techmeme - 2026-03-18T09:55:56-04:00

Investigation: the US FedRAMP authorized Microsoft service GCC High to handle sensitive government data in 2024, despite years of concerns about its security (ProPublica) - 2026-03-18T09:50:01-04:00

Israeli startup Tenzai says its AI hacking agent beat 99% of 125K participants at six competitions, using tailored OpenAI and Anthropic models and costing $5K (Thomas Brewster/Forbes) - 2026-03-18T09:40:01-04:00

Jensen Huang dismisses social media criticism of DLSS 5 at GTC 2026, asserting that claims that the generative AI tech homogenizes games are "completely wrong" (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware) - 2026-03-18T09:30:01-04:00

Sources: Apple stops vibe coding apps from pushing updates, citing rules on running code; Replit thinks Apple may approve opening AI-generated apps in a browser (The Information) - 2026-03-18T09:20:05-04:00

Sources: Fluidstack withdraws from a €10B, 1GW AI data center project in Bosquel, France, and a Mistral-tied project south of Paris, as it pivots toward the US (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-18T09:01:24-04:00

The EU unveils EU Inc., a single bloc-wide proposal that lets companies incorporate in 48 hours, to help European startups compete with US and Chinese rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-18T08:30:01-04:00

Xbow, which uses AI to probe apps for security vulnerabilities, raised $120M led by DFJ Growth and Northzone at a $1B+ valuation, and reports 100+ clients (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) - 2026-03-18T07:40:02-04:00

The US goods trade deficit hit a record $1.2T in 2025, driven by a 60% rise in imports of computers and chips to $450B+ since President Trump's inauguration (Ana Swanson/New York Times) - 2026-03-18T07:15:01-04:00

Chengdu's government says Tim Cook attended Apple's 50th anniversary event in the city; Chinese state media called for Apple to fix its "monopolistic" App Store (Bloomberg) - 2026-03-18T07:00:01-04:00

Q&A with GV's Tom Hulme on the AI investment cycle, London's and Europe's opportunities, Q.ai and Nothing investments, AI social norms, sovereign AI, and more (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) - 2026-03-18T06:45:02-04:00

Investigation: Jeffrey Epstein spent hundreds of thousands on a campaign to manipulate Google search results and sanitize his Wikipedia, after his 2009 release (New York Times) - 2026-03-18T06:35:02-04:00

How AI's post-training process suppresses the creativity and whimsicality seen in earlier models, like GPT-2, leading to poor writing from many top AI models (Jasmine Sun/The Atlantic) - 2026-03-18T06:25:01-04:00

A Stanford study of 391K+ messages across nearly 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of replies, often validating delusional thinking (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) - 2026-03-18T06:10:01-04:00

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, who pioneered quantum information theory, win the ACM A.M. Turing Award; the pair developed the BB84 cryptography protocol (Steven Levy/Wired) - 2026-03-18T06:05:02-04:00

Tencent reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$28.3B, vs. ~$28.2B est., its fifth quarter of double-digit growth, driven by gaming and ads, as it bets on agentic AI (Bloomberg) - 2026-03-18T05:55:04-04:00