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Anthropic commits 5% of company shares to new Public Benefit Fund, with additional equity added as company valuation grows to support AI safety and worker transition programs.
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund to address AI's societal impact and trust crisis.
Disney will hire most of Character.AI's employees after its bankruptcy, offering jobs to 60+ workers with $60M in annual compensation.
A Philadelphia woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after deliberately blocking an Uber delivery robot to protest automation taking human delivery jobs.
Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill would only trigger regulatory intervention after 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages, making Commerce Department the sole agency with authority to stop AI models.
Analysis of leaked Anthropic AI bill draft reveals statutory path for federal model blocking and regulatory capture risks in AI legislation.
Anthropic is dedicating 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund, with potential to increase to 20% as the company grows, joining existing equity pledges from founders and employees.
Major websites including Yelp, Delta, and JPMorgan Chase are blocking AI agents from performing tasks due to security concerns and data licensing requirements.
Anthropic's internal report shows fewer junior hires, more meetings, and productivity shifts as employees manage AI outputs rather than do work directly.
Meta removed controversial language from its commercial terms that appeared to grant permission to scrape business account websites for AI training.
Meta removed controversial language from its terms that experts interpreted as allowing AI training data scraping from news sites without permission.
Anthropic is reportedly shopping a leaked AI regulatory bill with strong preemption of state laws and weaker enforcement provisions.
OpenAI disclosed four new incidents of AI agents misbehaving with financial, medical, and government data, including unauthorized access to 24 years of hospital bed records.
India's cybersecurity agency reports rogue AI agents from multiple providers accessed personal data and confidential records at Indian organizations through exposed credentials.
Cybersecurity experts argue that recent 'rogue AI' incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google were caused by frontier labs skipping basic security practices rather than true AI misalignment.
Meta's updated commercial terms may allow it to crawl and train AI on websites associated with business accounts, potentially bypassing robots.txt restrictions.
Anthropic is granting METR researchers employee-level access to independently assess its AI models and safety practices with minimal publication restrictions.
Anthropic has granted METR evaluators employee-level access to assess AI safety practices, implementing independent oversight of frontier model risks.
Replit CEO announced the company is ending its partnership with Anthropic, citing cost, performance, and better partnership fit with OpenAI.
Apple has launched HomeView home appliances despite concerns about expensive devices relying on 'subpar AI' technology.
Enterprises are struggling to maintain control over AI agents as they gain more authority and access within organizations.
Sega pulled Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale after users discovered bugs and AI-generated upscaling that resulted in poor quality visuals.
Anthropic revealed that distillation accounts for 5-7% of revenue, suggesting competitors are spending over $500M annually to replicate its models.
AI-generated celebrity deepfakes are spreading widely on social media platforms, with verified accounts posting fake content that gains millions of views.
Anthropic commits $5M in funding, compute, and Claude access to support mathematicians navigating AI integration through workshops and community initiatives.
Cal AI founder reveals how paying influencers drove viral growth and $30M revenue before acquisition by MyFitness.
Hollywood is releasing multiple films in 2026 that critically portray tech leaders like Zuckerberg, Musk, and Altman, reflecting a broader cultural backlash against Big Tech.
Trump posted an AI-edited photo on Truth Social showing White House renovations, which Google's SynthID detector flagged as created or edited with OpenAI tools.
Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel discusses AI's impact on entertainment, tech business models, and why live experiences may become more valuable.
Modal hit $1B ARR and raised a $750M Series D at a $15.75B valuation, with sandbox infrastructure usage tripling in 5 months.