In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough

OpenAI is releasing some sort of device related to its AI-powered coding tool, Codex, on July 15th. In a video posted to X on Monday, OpenAI shows a square-shaped device with several buttons, alongside the caption, "Your favorite Codex shortcuts are getting an upgrade." This isn't the mysterious AI-powered device OpenAI is working on with former Apple designer Jony Ive, however. As shown in the teaser, OpenAI is launching the device in partnership with Work Louder, a company that sells an array of mechanical keyboards and macro pads with mappable keys, dials, and switches. The silhouette of the device shown by OpenAI looks a bit like Work … Read the full story at The Verge.

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

Accelerating secure AI deployment for U.S. agencies and commercial enterprises MCLEAN, Va., June 29, 2026 —Booz Allen Hamilton today announced a new partnership with OpenAI to promote advanced AI innovation […] The post Booz Allen and OpenAI Partner to Deploy Mission-Ready AI appeared first on AIwire.

Anthropic's strategic cloud expansion and massive compute investments could reshape AI infrastructure dynamics and intensify cloud competition. The post Anthropic’s Claude models now run on Nvidia GB300 Blackwell Ultra systems via Microsoft Azure appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

China's AI advancements challenge US export controls, potentially accelerating global cybersecurity risks and altering geopolitical dynamics. The post Chinese AI matches Anthropic in cybersecurity capabilities, raising alarms over US export controls appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Anthropic’s Claude models in Microsoft Foundry — hosted on Microsoft Azure and running on NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPUs — are now generally available, giving Azure-native enterprises a powerful new way to build autonomous and domain-specific AI agents. As agentic AI continues to drive enterprise innovation and becomes more autonomous, organizations need access to computing […]

Anthropic’s agreement makes Claude the first AI tool available to all state agencies and local governments, at half price.

Amazon's massive investment in AI infrastructure could intensify competition for computing resources, impacting global data center costs. The post Amazon could pay up to $33 billion total for Anthropic technology under expanded deal appeared first on Crypto Briefing.