Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 7. Today we are covering:
xAI shares its Colossus 1 supercomputer with Anthropic in a surprise compute partnership
Thousands of vibe-coded apps are leaking corporate and personal data on the open web
Genesis AI unveils its first model and demos robotic hands solving a Rubik’s Cube
Shivon Zilis testimony in the Musk vs. Altman trial ends up hurting Musk‘s own case
Autonomous vehicle technology finds new applications beyond personal transportation
Let’s dive in
New Compute Partnership with Anthropic
xAI
xAI signed a compute-sharing agreement with Anthropic, granting access to Colossus 1, a supercomputer powered by more than 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
The deal is notable because Elon Musk is simultaneously suing Sam Altman in court while providing infrastructure to Anthropic, one of OpenAI’s closest competitors.
The partnership reflects how scarce AI compute has become, pushing even rival camps to find pragmatic deals across competitive lines.
𝕏: Just as SpaceX launches hundreds of satellites for competitors with fair terms and pricing, we will provide compute to AI companies that are taking the right steps to ensure it is good for humanity. We reserve the right to reclaim the compute if their AI engages in actions that harm humanity. Doing our best to achieve a great future with amazing abundance for all. We will make mistakes, as to err is human, but always take rapid action to address them. - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
By Andy Greenberg via Wired
Thousands of apps built with vibe coding tools, including Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify, are exposing corporate and personal data on the open internet with no access controls in place.
Security researchers found that these AI-generated apps routinely skip basic authentication and data protection checks, making sensitive information freely accessible to anyone who finds the URL.
The findings put pressure on no-code AI builders to add mandatory security guardrails, as the speed of vibe coding has outpaced users’ ability to secure what they ship.
𝕏: Researchers at security firm RedAccess found more than 5,000 vibe-coded apps, created with AI tools from Lovable, Replit, Base44 and Netlify, with essentially no security, accessible on the open web. About 40% exposed sensitive personal or corporate data. - Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) (@a_greenberg)
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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows
By Anna Heim via TechCrunch
Genesis AI, a robotics startup that raised a $105 million seed round co-led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures, unveiled its first AI model, GENE-26.5, and a demo of in-house robotic hands solving a Rubik’s Cube.
The company calls itself “full-stack,” building both the robotics hardware and the AI models that control it, a more ambitious approach than most startups in the space take.
The demo positions Genesis AI as a serious contender in the fast-growing humanoid and dexterous robotics race as it moves quickly from stealth to real capability.
𝕏: Robotics is a systems problem. Every layer matters, and every detail must integrate across the full stack. So bringing real scale to robotics requires building the full stack from the ground up: hardware, data, model, and simulation. Over the last year, we built a global team with world-class depth across every layer to make this possible. - Theophile Gervet (@theo_gervet)
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
By Elizabeth Lopatto via The Verge
Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk‘s children and a former OpenAI board member, testified in the Musk vs. Altman trial, where her own meeting notes became the most damaging evidence presented so far.
Her notes revealed she withheld information from OpenAI to benefit Musk, knew in advance he planned to pause funding, and considered staying on the board even after learning he was starting a competitor.
What was meant to be helpful testimony ended up weakening Musk‘s case, as attorneys pointed out that Zilis had conveniently recovered memories during trial that she had not recalled in her earlier deposition.
𝕏: C’mon BBC. Zilis was sharp as a tack on the stand, on her role in the OpenAI *nonprofit* board, and how she managed conflicts as they began to develop, and this (which is not really even news since it was reported a couple years ago) is the headline. Annoying, sexist, and missing the main points of her testimony. - Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus)
Autonomous vehicles technology other uses
By Staff Reporter via The New York Times
The New York Times explores how core technology behind autonomous vehicles, including sensors, mapping systems, and real-time AI, is being deployed across industries well beyond personal transportation.
Use cases include logistics, agriculture, mining, and infrastructure inspection, where the demanding conditions make the technology commercially viable even as consumer robotaxis remain elusive.
The piece suggests a strategic pivot may be underway at major AV companies, shifting their value proposition from consumer mobility to broader industrial automation.
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