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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

"AI is the devil and I its maker."…

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in Octob…

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spendi…

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feeling…

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via…

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Cr…

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting site…

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.…

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPU…

Ahead of U.S. IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible finacing

The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia and others, will fuel the company's massive AI da…

Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone s…

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when no…