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‘Fix this code’—The three little words behind the U.S. government decision that shut down Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos AI models
The security vulnerability that led the U.S. government to impose export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models is a simple technique that involves just three simple words: fix this code. That’s according a detailed blog post from Katie Moussouris, the founder and CEO of Luta Security. Anthropic had asked Moussouris, who has…
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Hundreds of Stanford students walked out of their grad ceremony to protest Google CEO’s commencement speech. It wasn’t all about AI
Technology leaders who have taken the podium as graduation speakers as of late may have figured out AI evangelizing isn’t polling well with young professionals, and tweaked their messaging accordingly. But it turns out, AI isn’t the only point of tension between high-powered speakers and graduates this commencement season. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the…
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The billionaire founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners makes plea to businesses adopting AI: ‘Don’t destroy your intern program’
Robert Smith liked to play around the dinner table with his kids, asking them to name the most profound tech development in human history. Was it the printing press? Smith, who is CEO of the tech-focused private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, says he was inclined to choose the transistor—an unsurprising choice for someone who…
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Exclusive: The researchers who built AI-generated DNA just raised $50 million to reinvent biology
Eric Nguyen was a perpetual student, much to his parents’ chagrin. After receiving a master’s of engineering at Cornell and doing a stint training AI to interpret and understand the visual world, Nguyen enrolled in a Stanford bioengineering PhD program specifically to find a problem worth fighting for. “I basically went back to the PhD…
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Meet Gwynne Shotwell, the engineer-turned-COO who runs SpaceX in platform heels and is now worth over $2 billion
When SpaceX began trading Friday under the ticker SPCX, at a valuation of roughly $1.77 trillion, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell may very well have been wearing a little slip of paper in her shoes—a ritual she does when SpaceX launches things. It dates back to September 2008. Shotwell was in a Glasgow hotel bathroom,…
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A warning from Amazon led the White House to shut down Anthropic’s Mythos model
A warning from Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy, concerns about unauthorized Chinese access, and cybersecurity fears all reportedly led the Trump administration to cut off foreign access to Anthropic’s powerful new AI model, Fable 5. According to multiple media reports,Jassy first raised concerns about the model with senior administration officials on Thursday after Amazon researchers…
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns U.S. restrictions on new Anthropic AI models show danger of relying too much on American providers
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday U.S. restrictions on Anthropic’s newest AI models show the dangers of overreliance on a limited number of American providers. AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump…
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‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employee’: Nvidia executive says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers
Recent tech layoffs would initially appear to indicate the great labor shift from human workers to AI may already be happening. Meta announced in a memo earlier this year it plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, about 8,000 employees, as well as scrap plans to hire for 6,000 open positions. It’s part of…
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AI job disruption is here. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefits
It’s been a tough year for tech workers as the industry has been hit a record number of layoffs. Nearly 120,000 tech workers have been let go this year as companies slim down their staffs in the name of AI productivity. As consensus grows in Silicon Valley and Wall Street about an incoming artificial intelligence…
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SpaceX went from three consecutive rocket explosions and near-bankruptcy in 2008 to the biggest IPO in history
SpaceX’s IPO on Friday officially made it one of the most valuable companies in the world with a $2 trillion market cap—but getting to this point was no easy feat. Just over two decades ago, SpaceX was a fledgling startup sparked by an idea Elon Musk had after talking with his old college roommate. Speaking…