The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund
…Under the plan, the government intends to “position the UK to be an AI maker, not an AI taker.” Though the UK is home to prominent companies like Google DeepMind, ARM, and…
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Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
…Molo explained that Musk lobbied governments to pass regulations addressing the prospect of so-called artificial general intelligence, including meeting with then-president Barack Obama in 2015. “But the government was not…
China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies
…One person told MIT Technology Review that he has installed the AI agent over 7,000 times for about $34 a pop. Even local Chinese governments moved quickly to capitalize on the…
Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever
…But Anthropic’s complicated corporate structure and governance, including its status as a public benefit corporation that partly answers to a committee the company calls a Long-Term Benefit Trust, could lead…
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
…AI in war settings. For the project, Palantir developed a product known as Maven Smart System, sometimes simply called Maven. Maven is managed by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the government body…
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
Customer service calls and chats with the Sears Home Services AI bot Samantha were exposed and publicly accessible until a researcher reported the situation—revealing personal details from calls and chats, including…
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
…In recent weeks, advocacy groups including a leading US teachers’ union, AI safety researchers, and environmental organizations operating near SpaceX facilities have called on investors to think twice before buying shares in…
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
…governments around the world to secure their software defenses before AI models of this level are made broadly available to attackers. Anthropic first released Mythos to industry partners under a consortium called…
Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge
…The Department of Defense, which under Trump calls itself the Department of War, has relied on Anthropic’s Claude AI tools for writing sensitive documents and analyzing classified data over the past…
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
…But in other ways, the team-up makes perfect sense. “This is a fascinating development,” says Scott Singer, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who studies AI governance and…