Anthropic’s newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace it with a new AI system and give it sensitive information about the engineers responsible for the decision, the company said in a safety report released Thursday. During […]
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Strava is buying up athletic training apps – first Runna, and now The Breakaway
The social fitness app Strava has made two acquisitions over the last month and change: on Thursday, Strava’s acquired cycling app The Breakaway, following its acquisition of Runna last month. Incubated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 class, The Breakaway uses AI to create personalized training […]
Apple is making a five-part documentary on Martin Scorsese
After directing dozens of documentaries over his 60-year career, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will now have his own life chronicled for Apple TV Plus. In its announcement, Apple says the five-part Mr. Scorsese documentary series will explore how themes like “the place of good and […]
Amazon’s AI voiceovers will talk you through product features
Amazon is testing new AI-generated audio summaries that will let you listen to two AI “hosts” chat about a product’s features. Along with product details, the AI audio clips also draw information from user reviews and information from the web. The feature is currently available […]
House passes budget bill that inexplicably bans state AI regulations for ten years
The US House of Representatives just narrowly passed a budget bill, which has been referred to by President Trump and others as “one big, beautiful bill.” Hidden amongst the cuts to health care, debt add-ons and tax breaks for the rich is a ten-year ban […]
Vercel debuts an AI model optimized for web development
The team behind Vercel’s V0, an AI-powered platform for web creation, has developed an AI model it claims excels at certain website development tasks. Available through an API, the model, called “v0-1.0-md,” can be prompted with text or images, and was “optimized for front-end and […]
Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up?
As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each other—and intersect with the law.
Israeli Soldiers Fire on Diplomatic Delegation; Global Outrage Erupts – 5/22/2025, 6:28:22 PM
Latest World News as of May 22, 2025 Middle East and Gaza Crisis – Israeli soldiers fired shots toward a delegation of EU, Arab, and Asian diplomats visiting the Jenin…
OpenAI teams up with Cisco, Oracle to build UAE data center
As rumored, OpenAI is expanding its ambitious Stargate data center project to the Middle East. On Thursday, the company announced Stargate UAE, which will bring a 1GW data center cluster to Abu Dhabi. OpenAI expects 200MW will go live in 2026, developed with partners including […]
Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats
Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting the content that is on display. The company said that this new “screen security” setting is enabled by default on Windows 11. Signal said that this […]