Artificial Intelligence
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp is wrong about the threat Anthropic and OpenAI pose to most enterprises. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have something to lose
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: Why Palantir CEO Alex Karp is wrong about the frontier AI labs. Autonomous ransomware is here, a cybersecurity firm claims. China considers restricting foreign access to leading AI models. Anthropic finds part of LLMs functions like an aspect of human consciousness. AI safety standards are…
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Anthropic’s Fable model is back. But U.S. AI policy is still a mess
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. It’s Jeremy here, filling in for Bea, who usually writes the Thursday newsletter. In this edition: Anthropic’s Fable is back. But U.S. AI policy is still a mess. OpenAI wants the U.S. government to take a 5% stake in the company And OpenAI reportedly scores a breakthrough in…
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AI is minting billion-dollar companies faster than before
Welcome to Eye on AI. AI reporter Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: AI is reshaping who builds, and how fast. The U.S. government allows the limited release of Anthropic’s Mythos model. AI isn’t killing jobs—yet. And California cuts a deal with Anthropic—despite tensions in DC. The big news from the weekend is that Anthropic’s…
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Europe’s AI wake-up call: cybersecurity threats, sovereignty fears, and a growing demand for ROI dominated VivaTech
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: All the news from Paris’ VivaTech conference. The stream of researchers leaving Google DeepMind continues. The defeat of New York Congressional candidate Alex Bores—and what it means. OpenAI and Broadcom unveil new AI chip. I spent last week in Paris for VivaTech, Europe’s largest…
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Defections from Google DeepMind prompt questions about Alphabet’s efforts to stay at the forefront of AI
Welcome to Eye on AI. In today’s issue: Google DeepMind loses top AI talent, raising questions about its status in the AI race Intelligence chiefs warn about imminent AI-driven cyber risks OpenAI expands program for cyber defenders to use AI Lab makes RSI progress That giant sucking sound you hear? That’s the woosh of talent…
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Sam Altman thinks AI will surpass human intelligence by 2030. His rival AI billionaires say it’ll be even sooner
Sam Altman has made possible his boldest prediction yet about when AI will surpass human intelligence. Altman, always the AI optimist, has previously touted AI’s potential to someday outthink humans, but the technology’s past years of progress since OpenAI kicked off the AI arms race with ChatGPT’s release have shown him this moment could come…
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AI’s free-for-all era may be coming to an end—as companies start counting the cost
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: Business leaders are confronting AI spending. ChatGPT’s market share falls below 50% Top Google Gemini executive leaves for OpenAI Americans want legal protection around AI interactions. I’m in Paris this week at one of Europe’s largest tech conferences, VivaTech, where concerns about “sovereign AI”…
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Decision on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models means the U.S. has a licensing regime for frontier AI—it just doesn’t want to admit it
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…Anthropic scrambles to try to reverse U.S. export controls on its Fable and Mythos models…the U.S. government decision on Anthropic’s models causes panic in Europe over AI sovereignty and delight among China’s open source AI developers…OpenAI’s finances revealed…a new benchmark shows AI agents may not be…
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Why is it so hard to get ROI from AI? Because building from first principles isn’t easy
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…highlights from Fortune Brainstorm Tech…Anthropic walks back a controversial decision around its new Fable model…OpenAI considers slashing prices…Meta looks to boost subscription revenue…and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has a new AI policy manifesto. It’s Jeremy here. First, I want to thank Sharon Goldman for her work as…
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Should Americans get an equity stake in AI? Trump and progressive Democrats float public ownership of AI
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here, filling in for AI editor Jeremy Kahn, who is in Aspen at Fortune Brainstorm Tech. In this edition…The plan to give Americans a stake in AI…OpenAI files a confidential S-1 with the SEC…Anthropic rings the alarm on “recursive self-improvement’”..and AI consciousness goes mainstream. Last Friday,…