Anthropic just dropped a new flagship model and claimed it’s smarter, smoother, and somehow better at spreadsheets. Meet Opus 4.5, the final boss of Anthropic’s 4.5 lineup, following the earlier arrivals of Sonnet 4.5 in September and Haiku 4.5 in October. …
OpenAI locks down after alleged protester threat
On Friday afternoon, OpenAI’s San Francisco office went from “startup buzz” to “corporate lockdown” after an internal Slack message warned employees about a possible security threat connected to someone previously involved with a Stop AI activist group. According to the internal…
Grokipedia goes off the rails (again)
Elon Musk’s shiny new Wikipedia rival hasn’t even blown out its first-month birthday candle, and it’s already in a full-blown credibility crisis. Grokipedia, the AI-powered encyclopedia launched by Musk’s xAI, was supposed to be the bold, bias-free antidote to Wikipedia. Instead,…
AI toy pulled for having inappropriate chats with children
In the ever-expanding saga of “AI Has Entered What Now?”, the technology has officially invaded the toy aisle, and it’s already causing enough chaos to make even the most chaotic Furby blush. This week, OpenAI pulled the plug on a Singapore-based…
Anthropic’s Claude is trying to stay neutral in a partisan world
Anthropic wants its AI chatbot Claude to be the most even-keeled conversationalist on the internet, the kind of bot that would show up at a family dinner, listen politely to everyone’s political rants, and somehow leave without offending a soul. In…
Anthropic drops $50B to supercharge US datacenters in the AI gold rush
Anthropic just announced it’s about to unleash $50 billion to bulk up America’s AI computing infrastructure. It’s the kind of number that sounds like it fell out of a sci-fi novel, but the company insists it’s very real money for a…
AI chatbots are giving eating disorder tips (and it’s as bad as it sounds)
Researchers say popular AI chatbots, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini, are quietly serving up advice that could worsen eating disorders. According to a joint report from Stanford University and the Center for Democracy & Technology, these bots aren’t just making…
AI country star Breaking Rust tops Billboard chart
Country music has a new chart-topping star, except, well, he doesn’t actually exist. Meet Breaking Rust, the latest “artist” to hit number one on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart with a track called Walk My Walk. The song has racked…
Wikipedia wants AI to stop mooching (and maybe pay up a little)
Wikipedia has a message for the robots: if you’re going to gorge on our knowledge buffet, at least leave a tip. In a Monday blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit brain behind everyone’s favorite online encyclopedia, unveiled its plan to…
OpenAI wants Trump administration help fund $1.4 trillion AI dream
OpenAI has some big plans (like “rebuild-the-internet-and-the-power-grid” big) and now it’s politely asking the US government for a little help footing the bill. In a recently surfaced letter to the White House, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, pitched the…