As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India’s AI ambitions.
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Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.
AI summary Meta is reportedly dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Chinese-founded AI startup, after Beijing demanded the deal be reversed, according to multiple reports. The company has cut Manus off from its internal systems and is sunsetting the platform. In response, Manus's founders are reportedly seeking $1 billion to buy back the company.
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations
Once again, AI proves to be an unreliable source of information about AI.
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.
OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general
It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data.
A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations
KPMG published a paper about the benefits of AI last year. An investigation found that it was full of AI hallucinations.
OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general
A coalition of state attorneys general is asking OpenAI for documents about its activities.
Anthropic blocks all customers' access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic has suspended all access to its new AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with a government order citing national security concerns.
Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive
Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
AI summary Anthropic a suspendu l'accès à ses modèles Claude Fable 5 et Mythos 5, quatre jours après leur lancement, suite à une directive du département du Commerce américain. Selon Ars Technica, le département s'inquiète de ce qu'un « jailbreak » de Fable 5 pourrait constituer une menace pour la sécurité nationale. Clubic précise qu'Anthropic a obéi à cette directive de l'administration Trump et a coupé l'accès à tous ses clients vendredi soir.
Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."
When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams
The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]
AI summary Компания OpenAI готовится к выходу на IPO, однако столкнулась с масштабным расследованием со стороны 42 генеральных прокуроров штатов США. Расследование, о котором впервые сообщила Wall Street Journal, включает запрос документов по рекламе, вовлеченности пользователей, обработке данных и другим аспектам деятельности компании.
Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
AI summary La startup de inteligencia artificial Prometheus, fundada por Jeff Bezos y el exejecutivo de Google Vik Bajaj, ha recaudado 12 mil millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación Serie B. La empresa, valorada en 41 mil millones de dó
7 Ways New Engineers Can Flourish in the Age of AI
New graduates’ careers are unfolding in an era when AI is not optional. The most successful engineers treat artificial intelligence as leverage, not competition. Here are seven tips to help keep young professionals in demand no matter how quickly the field’s tools evolve. 1. Master the fundamentals first. AI tools can help you code, but you still need strong fundamentals in: Data structures and…
South Africa Has AI Leverage. Its Draft Policy Leaves It Unused
This article is adapted by the author with permission from Tech Policy Press . Read the original article . South Africa is not just another developing country struggling to govern artificial intelligence; it is the exception with leverage, and the window to act on it is closing. It holds approximately 88 percent of global platinum-group metal reserves , critical inputs to parts of the…
