Author HubMaximilian Schreiner

Max is the managing editor of THE DECODER, bringing his background in philosophy to explore questions of consciousness and whether machines truly think or just pretend to.

AI and society

Oct 28, 2025Oct 28, 2025

OpenAI restructures under new foundation, Microsoft takes 27 percent stake

AI research

Sep 17, 2025

OpenAI outperforms humans and Google at the world's top collegiate programming contest

AI in practice

Sep 15, 2025Sep 15, 2025

New data from OpenAI and Anthropic show how people actually use ChatGPT and Claude

AI in practice

Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025

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AI lab Anthropic has placed orders totaling $21 billion with Broadcom for Google's AI chips. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan confirmed that the startup is purchasing "Ironwood Racks" equipped with Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs).

The move follows a massive cloud partnership between Anthropic and Google announced in late October. That deal grants Anthropic access to up to one million TPUs and is expected to bring over one gigawatt of new AI compute capacity online by 2026. Anthropic maintains a multi-cloud strategy, spreading its workloads across Google TPUs, Amazon's Trainium chips, and Nvidia GPUs.

CNBC

AI and society

Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from states whose AI regulations impede American innovation. Speaking to reporters, Trump argued that a patchwork of state-level rules slows down the industry.

The order directs the Secretary of Commerce to review state laws and, in cases of conflict, block access to the $42 billion broadband fund. Previous attempts to enforce such bans had failed.

The directive specifically targets anti-discrimination rules in states like Colorado, which the administration claims lead to "ideological bias." While tech giants like Google and OpenAI welcomed the move toward national standards, Representative Don Beyer warned that the order could create a "lawless Wild West" and potentially violates the Constitution by undermining state-level safety reforms.

Reuters

AI in practice

Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025

Disney invests $1 billion to bring characters to Sora as it threatens Google

AI in practice

Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025

OpenAI at 10: Altman sees superintelligence arriving by 2035

AI in practice

Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025

AI in space requires new cooling tech and cheap rockets

AI research

Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025

FACTS benchmark shows that even top AI models struggle with the truth

AI in practice

Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025

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Google is integrating Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) directly into its cloud infrastructure. MCP serves as a universal standard for connecting AI models with external data and tools, eliminating the need to program new interfaces for every application.

Starting immediately, Google is offering managed servers that give AI agents direct access to services like Google Maps, BigQuery, and both the Compute and Kubernetes Engines. This allows AI to handle tasks like independently managing infrastructure or planning travel routes. Through the Apigee platform, companies can also deploy their own internal APIs as AI tools. Google announced plans to expand support to additional services, such as Cloud Storage and databases, in the near future.

Google

AI in practice

Dec 10, 2025Dec 10, 2025

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US aviation startup Boom Supersonic, typically focused on developing a supersonic passenger jet, is making a surprise entry into the energy business to capitalize on the AI boom.

Founder Blake Scholl unveiled "Superpower," a 42-megawatt gas turbine designed specifically to handle the massive energy loads of AI data centers. With the US power grid struggling to meet demand, companies are increasingly turning to independent power sources like these turbines to keep their facilities running.

The system uses the core of the "Symphony" engine, which was originally built for the company's planned Overture jet. Scholl notes that unlike older models, the turbine can maintain full power in high heat without requiring water cooling.

Crusoe has signed on as the launch customer, and Boom has secured $300 million to begin production. The company plans to use the revenue from the turbine business to help fund the development of its aircraft.

Boom Supersonic