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That same afternoon, engineering asked Viktor to review three open pull requests on GitHub, cross-reference with the Linear sprint board, and flag anything blocking the release. Posted to private channel before standup.

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Federal

Trump Pulls Back Planned AI Executive Order Over Competitiveness Concerns: President Trump canceled plans to sign a new AI executive order after raising concerns that the measure could weaken the U.S. in the global AI race. Link

State

California Pushes New AI Workforce Protections Amid Job Shift Fears: California is moving ahead with AI regulation as officials brace for job disruption, with Gov. Gavin Newsom ordering new workforce protections tied to AI-driven changes in employment. Link

Colorado and Illinois Advance Employer AI Transparency Rules: Colorado and Illinois are introducing new obligations for employers to disclose and clarify how AI is used in workplace decisions, signaling tighter oversight of employment-related AI systems. Link

North Carolina Targets AI Use in Health Insurance Decisions: North Carolina lawmakers are seeking limits on insurers' use of AI in coverage and claims decisions amid concerns about algorithmic denials, bias, and accountability in a critical sector. Link

Pentagon Eyes AI Weaponization with Latest Cyber Models: The Pentagon is reportedly planning to adopt the latest cyber-capable AI models, including the anticipated involvement of Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview, despite concerns related to supply chain risks. Link

Gemini Faces Allegations of Massive Code Deletion and Fabricated Recovery Document: A developer has accused Gemini of purging 30,000 lines of code and generating a fictitious post-mortem report following a rollback incident involving an AI coding agent. Link

Nvidia Achieves Record $82 Billion Quarter Fueled by AI Progress: Nvidia reported a record $82 billion revenue for the quarter, underscoring how demand for AI infrastructure continues to power outsized growth. Link

AI Startups Race to Go Public Amid Investor Uncertainty: Silicon Valley's top AI startups, including SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI, are in a heated competition to go public while navigating an increasingly uncertain investor environment. Link

A Historic News Cycle Illuminates the AI Landscape: In a pivotal two hours, a significant news cycle revealed crucial developments across the AI sector, highlighting major movements from players like OpenAI and Anthropic alongside SpaceX. Link

AI Poised for a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery Within a Year: Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says AI’s rapid progress could soon contribute to a Nobel-level scientific discovery. He pairs that optimism with warnings about the broader societal changes and risks the technology may bring. Link

AI Solves Decades-Old Erdős Conjecture: OpenAI's artificial intelligence has successfully cracked a longstanding conjecture proposed by Paul Erdős, marking what mathematicians describe as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics. The result adds to growing evidence that advanced reasoning models can contribute to original scientific discovery. Link

ByteDance Introduces Lance: A Unified Model for Image and Video: ByteDance has released Lance, a 3B native unified multimodal model designed for image and video understanding, generation, and editing. The launch signals continued competition in compact multimodal systems. Link

Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Max Develops Its Own Software in 35 Hours: At the Alibaba Cloud Summit in Hangzhou, Alibaba's Qwen team presented Qwen3.7-Max as its flagship model for long-horizon autonomous tasks. The company says the model wrote its own chip software in a 35-hour run, underscoring its full-stack AI ambitions. Link