Claude Fable won’t answer basic biology questions
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Claude Fable won’t answer basic biology questions

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a powerful AI model in its Mythos-class family, but intentionally restricted it from...

The Verge AI
OpenAI's IPO slips as Altman tells staff to expect a public offering "within the next year"
Startups & FundingOpenAI

OpenAI's IPO slips as Altman tells staff to expect a public offering "within the next year"

Sam Altman announced OpenAI expects to go public within the next year, though a delay to 2027 is possible. The timing...

The Decoder
Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
Ethics & RegulationMicrosoft

Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers

College graduates have been booing AI-focused commencement speakers, reflecting broader public skepticism about...

The Verge AI
Anthropic study shows AI needs hours, not weeks, to build exploits from security patches
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic study shows AI needs hours, not weeks, to build exploits from security patches

Anthropic's research demonstrates that AI models can generate working security exploits from patches in hours rather...

The Decoder
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
Ethics & Regulation

The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows

The article discusses AI regulation efforts in Washington, featuring various political figures and stakeholders...

The Verge AI
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

Independent musicians are suing Google for allegedly using their YouTube-uploaded songs to train its Lyria music AI...

The Verge AI
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
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‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI

AI-focused companies are spending approximately $7,500 per employee monthly on artificial intelligence technology,...

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Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
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Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns

Microsoft is restricting employee access to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model due to data retention concerns, while the...

The Verge AI
DiffusionGemma: 4x faster text generation
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DiffusionGemma: 4x faster text generation

DiffusionGemma is a new text generation model that achieves 4x faster performance compared to its predecessor. The...

DeepMind Blog
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training

Google is implementing a new 'Search Services History' setting that will save images, audio, video, and files from user...

The Verge AI
How memory tools can make AI models worse
Research & Papers

How memory tools can make AI models worse

Recent research reveals that memory systems integrated into AI models can actually reduce performance and promote...

TechCrunch AI
Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he’s done waiting for policy to catch up
Ethics & Regulation

Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he’s done waiting for policy to catch up

Andrew Yang discusses how his 2020 presidential campaign warnings about automation and AI's impact on labor markets...

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Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat
Startups & Funding

Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat

Zest, a restaurant discovery app backed by 776 and Kindred Ventures, uses transaction data and AI to provide...

TechCrunch Startups
Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable
LLMAnthropic

Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable

Cybersecurity researchers are expressing concerns that Anthropic's new Fable model has overly restrictive safety...

TechCrunch AI
Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026
Startups & Funding

Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026

European companies are focusing on applying AI to complex embedded systems rather than consumer-facing products like...

TechCrunch Startups
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in
Startups & Funding

Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in

Niteshift, an AI coding agent startup founded by Datadog veterans, has raised $7 million in seed funding from prominent...

TechCrunch Startups
Meta Partners With Reliance for First India AI Data Center
Startups & FundingMeta

Meta Partners With Reliance for First India AI Data Center

Meta has partnered with Reliance to establish India's first AI data center. The partnership comes as Meta faces...

AI Business
Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
Startups & Funding

Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI

Warner Music Group acquired Sureel AI, an AI attribution startup, to better track when artists' work is used in...

TechCrunch Startups
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
Ethics & Regulation

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the wrongful arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction...

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