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AI News Digest - 2026-05-02

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The U.S. Department of Defense signed contracts with eight technology companies to supply AI capabilities for classified military networks, advancing the Pentagon's effort to build an "AI-first" fighting force and excluding Anthropic after it rejected a usage clause and was flagged as a security risk.

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Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta allocated a combined budget of about $725 billion for AI data centers, chips, and infrastructure for the coming year, according to reporting.

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Goodfire released Silico, a mechanistic interpretability tool that allowed developers and researchers to inspect and adjust neural parameters during model training to debug large language models, and the company announced that the tool would be offered commercially.

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Chinese AI startups, including Moonshot AI and StepFun, moved to dissolve offshore holding structures and register directly in China after regulators signaled that companies seeking public listings should be domestically registered.

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https://the-decoder.com/eight-tech-giants-sign-pentagon-deals-to-build-an-ai-first-fighting-force-across-classified-networks/

Eight tech giants sign Pentagon deals to build an "AI-first fighting force" across classified networks

Eight tech companies are supplying AI for classified US military networks, part of the Pentagon's push to build an "AI-first fighting force." Anthropic is notably absent from the list after the company rejected a usage clause and got flagged as a security risk.

the-decoder.com

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https://the-decoder.com/big-techs-ai-spending-balloons-to-725-billion-this-year/

Big tech's AI spending balloons to $725 billion this year

Big tech keeps pouring more money into AI data centers, chips, and infrastructure. According to the Financial Times, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have a combined budget of around $725 billion for next year.

the-decoder.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/30/1136721/this-startups-new-mechanistic-interpretability-tool-lets-you-debug-llms/

This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

Goodfire wants to make training AI models more like good old-fashioned software engineering.

technologyreview.com

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https://the-decoder.com/first-chinese-ai-startups-are-reportedly-ditching-offshore-structures-to-register-directly-in-china/

First Chinese AI startups are reportedly ditching offshore structures to register directly in China

After Beijing blocked Meta's takeover of Manus, China's securities regulator signaled that companies hoping to go public should be registered at home. Now AI startups like Moonshot AI and StepFun are considering dissolving their foreign holding structures and registering directly in China as part of Beijing's broader push to keep its AI industry under tight control.

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