At this year’s G7 summit, a familiar promise was repeated in a new tone: the world wants access to American AI. But the subtext—spoken more carefully than the headline—was that leaders want it without the kind of sudden interruption that…
Anthropic has joined the Frontier carbon removal coalition, becoming the first AI startup to formally participate in a group that is designed to move climate action from aspiration to funded, measurable projects. The announcement lands at a moment when carbon…
Anthropic’s newest models didn’t just “pause” this week—they effectively disappeared from the places where they were supposed to be available. According to reporting and Anthropic’s own public statements, the company was ordered to cut access for foreign nationals, and the…
Social media has always promised personalization, but for most users that promise has been delivered in a one-way conversation. Platforms decide what you see, you react, and the system quietly adjusts—often without telling you why. Over the last year, though,…
Odyssey, a startup building “world models” for artificial intelligence, has reportedly raised funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, with participation from Amazon and other prominent backers. The round underscores how quickly the industry’s attention is shifting from scaling large language…
Americans are adopting AI chatbots faster than ever, but they’re also growing increasingly uneasy about how quickly the technology is moving. A new Pew Research poll, reported by The Verge, paints a picture of simultaneous momentum and mistrust: chatbot use…
Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic and one of the most prominent voices from the frontier AI industry, has urged G7 leaders to resist what he called “the temptation to splinter” in their approach to advanced artificial intelligence. Speaking…
The fear driving today’s debate about artificial intelligence isn’t only that jobs will disappear. It’s that the disruption will arrive faster than the institutions built to cushion change—workforce training systems, unemployment insurance, wage supports, collective bargaining frameworks, and even corporate…
The future of work is being rewritten in real time, but not in the way many people assume. It’s not only about whether artificial intelligence can automate tasks faster than humans. It’s also about whether organisations can redesign work so…
Americans may be hearing a very different story about artificial intelligence than the one being told on trading floors and in product launch videos. A new Pew Research report, highlighted by TechCrunch, finds that public optimism about AI’s impact on…
The White House–Anthropic fight, as it’s being described in the latest Verge Regulator reporting, is the kind of story that sounds small at first: a dispute over access, influence, and who gets to define the “right” path for frontier AI.…
Google’s latest smart speaker launch isn’t just another hardware refresh—it’s a bet that the next phase of home automation will be won by conversation, not commands. With the introduction of a new $99.99 Google Home Speaker powered by Gemini, Google…