Anthropic to ban users who bully Claude New policy comes amid debate about about AI welfare and moral status The Independent UK · Oct 9
OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this year’s revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled before The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Hexaware Technologies shares surge 11% on multi-year pact with Anthropic Hexaware Technologies shares surged after the IT services firm announced a multi-year partnership with Anthropic to integrate its Claude AI models into its platforms. The tie-up will focus on enterprise AI solutions and deployments across IT operations and software engineering. The Economic Times · Oct 9
Anthropic bans 'cruel' behavior against its Claude AI Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious. Already last year, the company said it was giving Claude the ability to end conversations in rare, extreme cases of "persistently harmful… The Economic Times · Oct 9
OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated The discrepancy mainly arose from an attempt to produce a direct comparison with figures from rival Anthropic, the person said on condition of anonymity. The Economic Times · Oct 9
Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude A spokesperson for the tech company did not specify what kind of behavior would be considered abusive The Guardian - US · Oct 9
Global Market Today: Asian stocks drop on tech jitters, oil edges lower The MSCI Asia Pacific equities index edged 0.1% lower early Friday. Japan’s Nikkei fell over 1%, with Softbank Group Corp. declining more than 5%. The regional moves came after the Nasdaq 100 Index sank 1.4%, its worst day in seven weeks, while a US gauge of chipmakers slumped 3.4%. The… The Economic Times · Oct 9
Anthropic is launching a 'presidential engagement' effort to advise candidates on AI policy ahead of the 2028 election “We want every serious candidate and elected official, in both parties, to understand the technology and the case for governing it well.” Fortune · Oct 8
The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley An influx of military spending has been moving tech companies away from serving consumers and back toward chasing government contracts. Reason · Oct 8
Former Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Could Escape Human Control After Models Bypass Security Safeguards OpenAI tests found AI models bypassing safeguards, while former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned about frontier AI risks and proposed New York City rules. International Business Times UK · Oct 8
An AI boom is sending San Francisco rents through the roof: ‘Nowhere left for people to go’ According to city’s rent board, eviction notices are up 44% and tenants are on edge over landlords swooping in over their homes The Guardian - US · Oct 8
Texas Looks Competitive Plus: AI weirdness, Amazon algorithm data, bond markets, and more... Reason · Oct 8
A biologist queries whether AI ‘borrowed’ his work to make major discovery – an expert explains the rules AI company Anthropic recently announced that its popular system Claude had identified an unusual family of biological molecules. These molecules were enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living organisms. The Conversation · Oct 8
China's AI startups can match the U.S.'s models. They can't yet match the U.S.'s money With a tenth of U.S. venture funding, China's AI founders must find new channels to stay in the race. Fortune · Oct 7
The Economic Times · Oct 7 Microsoft brings more AI to PCs as it challenges Apple Microsoft said it was releasing Microsoft Execution Containers, a tool to prevent agents from accessing data and doing unauthorized tasks when running on a laptop or desktop machine. Anthropic, OpenAI and Nvidia will use the tools, Pavan Davuluri, executive vice president for Windows and devices, said at the event in…
Barchart · Oct 7 Why Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs May Be Too Bullish on SpaceX Stock Both investment banks could be utilizing overly optimistic growth estimates for the firm.
Latin Times · Oct 7 Anthropic Insiders Confirm: AI Could Kill Us — And There's No Plan Yet Anthropic's own alignment lead puts extinction odds above 10%. Here's what the science, resignations, and data actually say about AI risk.
Fortune · Oct 6 OpenAI's Human Rights Lead: What the military could do with AI 'keeps me up at night' Sarah Yager joined OpenAI recently, and though she was initially skeptical that her position was merely a PR stunt, she says she's had some early success influencing the safety of the technology.
International Business Times UK · Oct 6 Florida Woman Faces Up to 15 Years After Anthropic Reported Her Claude Chat as a Mass-Shooting Threat Carli Heller faces up to 15 years after Anthropic reported alleged threats in her Claude chat to Florida law enforcement
The Economic Times · Oct 6 Anthropic opens its most powerful AI models to more security teams Its partners under Glasswing, an initiative aimed at securing the world's most critical software, found at least 129,000 verified vulnerabilities between April and July. Anthropic's own open-source scanning found 5,500 more between April and October.
International Business Times · Oct 6 Anthropic's Dario Amodei Made $18 Million Last Year: How it Compares With Other Tech CEOs. Like many tech CEOs, Amodei received most of his compensation through stock, options and other awards rather than salary.
International Business Times · Oct 6 SpaceX Stocks Keep Rebounding. Elon Musk is a Trillionaire Again. Tesla stocks have also climbed over the past days after delivering more vehicles than expected in the third quarter and renewed optimism in the broader markets.
The Independent UK · Oct 6 RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unexpected embrace of artificial intelligence has rankled some of his allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6 Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequences, says author Chris Stokel-Walker
International Business Times · Oct 6 JPMorgan's Dimon Warns That Anthropic's New Models Mean Cybersecurity Risks Have Skyrocketed They "went up 10-fold after Mythos," Dimon said.