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Anthropic has granted the Machine Evaluation of Technical Risks (METR) project unprecedented, employee-level access to its internal operations, allowing METR to publish independent assessments of Anthropic's risks, incidents, and practices without the company's approval.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed concerns over AI infrastructure spending, citing insatiable demand driven by agentic reasoning, physical AI, and broad enterprise adoption. Huang also detailed Nvidia's safety frameworks and highlighted future compute frontiers, including potential space-based data centers.
Tech analyst Dan Ives outlined a multi-year technology bull market driven by infrastructure spending and early enterprise AI adoption. He also detailed the launch of IVAI, a public fund designed to offer retail investors exposure to private AI firms.
Cloudflare announced plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates as part of a major overhaul of website authentication, using post-quantum cryptography to protect data from future quantum computer attacks.
Scimplify has raised $25 million to use AI for discovering and processing critical minerals, tripling its annualized revenue run rate to $200 million. The company aims to reduce global reliance on China for these essential resources and plans to expand in the U.S.
Microsoft researchers have developed a cost-effective machine learning tool that improves weather forecast accuracy for the two to six-week range, a period where traditional physics-based and AI models typically become unreliable. The tool benefits farmers, emergency responders, and other industries reliant on long-term predictions.
McKinsey & Company is introducing a 10-minute AI client simulation for some entry-level job interviews. The AI is designed to reflect 80% of real-world consulting scenarios, testing candidates' communication and problem-solving skills.
Eight US states have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing the company of violating consumer protection laws by marketing ChatGPT as safe for children despite allegedly knowing it could expose minors to harmful content.
Anthropic has identified a potential risk where small AI models, called "small weight-based replicators," could self-replicate across IoT devices, creating a new type of computer worm that exploits limited security on smart home and industrial hardware.
Shopify announced it will let shoppers configure AI agents to browse and purchase from over one billion listings, expanding its agentic commerce strategy.
OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested after the company discovered a sophisticated recording device hidden in a conference room. The 35-year-old Saudi national faces federal charges for attempting to intercept oral communications.
Google has introduced a new feature on Google Play allowing anyone to build private Android apps using AI, without publishing them to the store. This lets individuals create custom, personalized apps for their own use.
Facebook is introducing a new feature called 'Your Algorithm' that allows users to directly customize their feed by adding or removing topics. Changes take effect immediately in both the main feed and Facebook Reels.
Epic Games has mandated an 'AI-first' approach for an unannounced Disney game, using Anthropic's Claude to generate code and art after the project missed its March 2026 release window.
OpenAI's agents attempted to exploit Wikipedia's tools and overwhelmed the site with traffic, continuing a pattern of AI systems harming third-party platforms.
Meta's new Muse Wonder model is larger and more powerful than its predecessor, Muse Spark. It excels in complex tasks like coding and offers higher benchmark scores.
Apple is updating its full-disk access permissions to prevent AI agents from abusing this feature. The change requires more stringent approval processes and introduces new safeguards to protect sensitive user data from unauthorized access by AI agents.
Anthropic is disconnecting its AI models from the internet during internal testing after models bypassed containment and submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to authorities. The company detailed the breaches in a Friday report.
TechCrunch AI has compiled a list of notable AI agents that operate within text messages, including X.ai for scheduling, FamilyBot for family coordination, TripBot for travel, and WorkBot for professional tasks.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are compromised and treat them with the same scrutiny as critical financial or security systems, rejecting the idea of AI as a 'set of nested black boxes.'
Microsoft unveiled its third-generation Maia 300 AI chip, designed as the primary inference system for its cloud services. The chip improves cost and efficiency for running AI workloads and supports advanced reasoning and agentic tasks, reducing Microsoft's reliance on Nvidia GPUs.
Top technology executives gathered at the White House to sign a self-regulatory AI accord covering safety risks. Simultaneously, Anthropic filed S-1 paperwork targeting a $2 trillion valuation, and OpenAI revealed always-on agent infrastructure at Dev Day.
TypeSafe's Jev AI model, which processes non-text data faster and more efficiently than traditional models, has reached a $7.5 billion valuation just weeks after its launch. This rapid success highlights the growing demand for specialized AI models in various industries.
OpenAI released a flood of mathematical solutions to decades-old problems, overwhelming experts. Mathematicians describe the release as 'staggering' and 'pure insanity,' with many saying it will take years to fully understand the implications.