Anthropic says the new models “show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision,” as well as in communicating more clearly with users.
AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months
Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.
France blames Iran for mass-hacks targeting freezers in grocery stores and blood banks
France’s foreign minister blamed Iran for launching at least two waves of cyberattacks targeting industrial refrigerated and freezer units across France and wider Europe.
Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny
Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.
Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution
At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.
Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis
Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.
Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines
Anthropic bought billions of dollars worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer’s remorse.
Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process
Medium’s new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology’s role in publishing.
Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally
Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday.
Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
The update to Waymo’s self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.