Automattic has appointed Jeremy Klaperman as its new interim chief financial officer. The transition follows a turbulent period that involved a brief attempt to oust CEO Matt Mullenweg, ultimately resulting in the departure of key board members and executives, including former CFO Mark Davies. Despite the high-level shakeup, Mullenweg expressed complete confidence in the company’s […]
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AI lab Anthropic has announced a major partnership with technology consulting giant Accenture, appointing the firm as its first embedded third-party safety evaluator. This initiative puts into practice CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal to embed independent reviewers directly inside AI laboratories to scrutinize models and internal operations. Under the arrangement, Accenture’s AI division will conduct red-teaming, […]
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A close call involving a military operation nearly escalated into a major international incident after U.S. forces acted on intelligence entirely fabricated by an artificial intelligence chatbot. Military aircraft were already deployed this spring before officials discovered that data regarding a Chinese vessel carrying supposed nuclear components was a machine-generated hallucination. The false intelligence originated […]
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Anthropic has confirmed the operation of a physical biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area, allowing its AI models to interact with real-world experiments. The facility focuses primarily on fundamental biological research, aiming to bridge the gap between digital predictions and empirical lab results. Alongside the physical lab launch, the company introduced a verification […]
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Vantora, formerly known as UP.Labs, has secured $100 million in funding led by Silversmith Capital Partners. The firm operates as a dedicated startup studio, building bespoke new ventures designed to solve specific operational challenges for major corporate partners. Alongside the fresh capital and a rebranding, Vantora is shifting its strategy toward physical AI and proprietary […]
Continue ReadingTilly Norwood, an AI-generated actress created by Particle6 Group, is experiencing a turbulent first press tour. The production company made the digital persona available for dozens of simultaneous interviews, leading to widespread communication errors and technical glitches. The most notable incident occurred during an interview with Piers Morgan and actor Tom Conti. When pressed about […]
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Waymo has officially resumed its autonomous taxi service in San Antonio, Texas, five months after severe flooding caused operational disruptions. Back in April, several company vehicles became trapped during heavy downpours as they attempted to navigate waterlogged streets. This incident prompted a software recall in May and temporary restrictions in flood-prone zones. The relaunch comes […]
Continue ReadingNewly unsealed court filings from the long-running copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft have revealed striking internal admissions. A top Microsoft executive privately described AI content scraping as “the largest theft of labor in human history,” while OpenAI leadership acknowledged that their generative models pose an “existential threat” to […]
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The United Nations has announced a partnership with Google to overhaul its global statistics database, making it fully accessible and optimized for artificial intelligence systems. The new platform, called the UN System Data Commons, utilizes Google’s open-source infrastructure to replace traditional database interfaces with natural-language search capabilities, streamlining how statistical information is retrieved. This transition […]
Continue ReadingThe debate over artificial intelligence safety is intensifying as top tech executives clash over whether strict government oversight is necessary or if the market can successfully self-regulate. Recently, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for slowing down development and establishing international guardrails, gaining endorsements from several industry peers. Conversely, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that trust […]
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