Politics Nov 05 Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms. It came up short Nobody may have suffered bigger losses Tuesday than President Donald Trump. But few others had more on the line than Musk, who gambled big and came up holding the midterm’s worst return on investment.
Science Oct 27 Anthropic says risks for investors include blowback from runaway AI The risks laid out by the San Francisco company in its filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission range from the mundane to involvement in cyberattacks and the spread of dangerous misinformation.
Nation Oct 26 Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of AI's existential risk to humanity The filing comes weeks after CEO Dario Amodei argued in an essay for slowing the development of the most advanced AI models.
World Oct 19 Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging conference room planned to fly to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say Prosecutors have not said what Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, might have wanted to do with the recordings, but say he was in “frequent communication” with a member of the Saudi royal family.
Nation Sep 11 Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons.
Nation Sep 08 Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, to help with everyday tasks Meta says it runs on a dedicated, secure virtual machine that houses both the agent and the user's data.
Nation Sep 01 Amid legal battles, social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids But the fact remains that online age verification technology remains imperfect, while coming with privacy implications not just for children but for adults who may have to prove that they are over 18.
Nation Aug 27 With time limits and stronger age checks, Meta's new rules for kids go further. Critics say it's not enough Meta has agreed to strengthen its age estimates to keep kids under 13 off its platforms and teens in age-appropriate accounts, enact a hard limit of two hours a day for users under 18, block kids from the apps from…
Nation Aug 26 Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday.
Nation Aug 22 TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with Justice Department over children's privacy The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly.