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Anthropic's latest biology experiment offers a glimpse of how AI agents could help scientists sift through more biological data. It also points to surfacing promising discoveries faster.
Read the original →Anthropic told the inquiry it "never tried to dictate" Australian copyright rules. The ABC said copyright laws do not need changing.
Read the original →Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reportedly curbing internal employee use of Anthropic.
Read the original →Ironmouse stated that she was unaware of the AI-generated graphic and has taken action.
Read the original →Alexandr Wang, an MIT dropout in their 20s, is spearheading Meta's AI efforts. Their online presence differs sharply from that of the company's buttoned-up founder Mark Zuckerberg, with off-color posts.
Read the original →A viral "AI torture chamber" steered open-weight models into simulated pain using a September pain-axis study. GitHub declined to
Read the original →Grok, an AI conversational assistant built by Elon Musk's company xAI, has drawn wide attention in recent days. It affirmed the divinity of Jesus Christ by citing the historical record.
Read the original →Researchers at Rutgers tested five leading AI chatbots on American Board of Dermatology-style questions. The chatbots were ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot.
Read the original →Two Bangladeshi students won the SpaceXAI "Make It Legendary" challenge at HackMIT 2026. The event is an international hackathon held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
Read the original →The article says conflict can be reframed and used to dismantle toxic environments. It describes how to turn righteous indignation into action.
Read the original →Bristol Myers Squibb partnered with Microsoft to accelerate its AI transformation. The aim is to help it get life-changing treatments to more patients, faster.
Read the original →Microsoft signed a new long-term Xbox Publisher License Agreement with Take Two Interactive covering future titles. The refreshed terms introduce expanded rights and unified conditions for Take Two. Microsoft also deepened enterprise and AI partnerships with TomTom, ClickHouse, Atlan and DrugBank across Microsoft Fabric, Foundry and Copilot.
Read the original →The company says the model rivals some of China's leading open models while using far less computing power.
Read the original →The Chinese AI company is close to raising at least $12 billion, Bloomberg reports. The round could nearly double its original target.
Read the original →Moonshot AI is targeting a Hong Kong listing in early 2027 after its valuation hit $50 billion (€44.6bn). Rival DeepSeek is raising between ¥80 billion (€10.6bn) and ¥100 billion (€13.3bn) in a round led by Tencent and CATL, fuelling bets on its own market debut.
Read the original →The licensing deal between the mobile chipmakers will need U.S. regulatory approval.
Read the original →Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su predicted "very high" chip demand continuing for the next few years. She spoke even as the industry faces challenges such as concerns over AI's safety.
Read the original →Union representatives say AI sentiment scores can swing variable pay by up to 40 per cent.
Read the original →The California AI Transparency Act requires AI-generated images to include digital labels. Most chatbots are not looking for them.
Read the original →Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of other attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders. The letter urges them to immediately establish comprehensive federal regulations and safety protocols for artificial intelligence.
Read the original →Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 951, which updates California's workforce disclosure laws. It adds new Cal/WARN Act requirements.
Read the original →The gift will be split to advance research and scholarship and to establish a new Dean's Innovation Fund.
Read the original →V-Key, a Tower Capital Asia ("TCA") portfolio company, is described as a leading provider of digital identity and Mobile Application Protection & Security. The announcement concerns a strategic majority investment in CloudsineAI.
Read the original →Applied Intuition will provide Vehicle OS, ECU middleware, and AI-powered development tools. These will support Nissan's next-generation software-defined vehicles.
Read the original →E Tech Group will deploy technologies from Sorba AI. The technologies aim to align AI models with control strategies and other means of integration.
Read the original →On the first day of Q4 2026, AI Search Engineers revealed three giveaway winners who receive $17,500 in done-for-you AI authority. It also launched six AI agents built for professional service businesses. The agents automate lead generation, reputation management, AI recommendation monitoring, deal closing, and interactive closing around the clock.
Read the original →The film premieres in New York before opening in the US in December and the UK in January.
Read the original →Two former Groq engineers have filed a lawsuit in Delaware's Court of Chancery. The suit concerns Nvidia's $20 billion asset deal with the AI chip startup.
Read the original →Smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online in public spaces such as parks, beaches and gyms. People in range of the lenses and microphones may not know about it.
Read the original →Demis Hassabis's line about the brain became the emblem of a Verge essay against AI in learning. The full sentence, from his Dædalus interview, is narrower.
Read the original →Former AI researchers warned an NYC AI hearing that humanity may lose control. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta could not quantify the worst-case risk.
Read the original →Neon has set its Oscar campaign for Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial.” Andrew Garfield will be campaigned in the supporting actor category and Yura Borisov in lead actor.
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