Our Claude is an awesome Claude
Bloomberg/Getty; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI The maker of miracles may no longer be God, but it does rhyme with him. Anthropic, creator of Claude , filed its S-1 paperwork on…
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The ‘Big Bad Theory’
Bloomberg/Getty; Jeremy Strong/Sony Pictures; Finn Gomez/Getty; Tyler Le/BI Writing villains is supposed to be hard. No grand, world-dominating plan ever really makes sense in a story. Soon after "The Dark…
The ‘Big Bad’ theory of billionaire tech bros
Bloomberg/Getty; Jeremy Strong/Sony Pictures; Finn Gomez/Getty; Tyler Le/BI Writing villains is supposed to be hard. No grand, world-dominating plan ever really makes sense in a story. Soon after "The Dark…
Unemployment
Bill Gates predicts 20 years of turmoil before AI creates ‘true abundance’
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Bill Gates says AI will bring about an age of abundance in 20 years, but it'll be a rocky…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says mathematicians have already gone from ‘we’re cooked’ to accepting AI
Sam Altman says mathematicians are coming around after OpenAI upended mathematics. Bloomberg/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and mathematicians have a complicated relationship. OpenAI has taken credit for solving hundreds…
17 actors who transformed into real-life tech company CEOs and founders
Elizabeth Holmes (and Amanda Seyfried's portrayal of her) is back in the news. A24; Hulu Amanda Seyfried is making headlines for again playing Elizabeth Holmes in "You Can See Everything."…
World Launches Banking Tools to Fight Deepfake Fraud
World introduced World ID for banking and finance, a suite designed to help financial institutions verify whether customers, employees and counterparties are real humans as AI-driven impersonation becomes more sophisticated.…
Math’s ‘romantic era’ is over, UCLA prodigy says
Terence Tao, a UCLA math professor who earned a doctorate at age 20, said that math is entering a new, less "heroic" age. Jesse Grant/Getty Images Terence Tao, now a…
Fraud
Sam Altman’s World Launches World ID Suite to Help Banks Fight AI Fraud
World launched a World ID suite for banks and financial firms to help address deepfakes, impersonation and risks involving AI agents. The suite combines World ID, Zoom authentication and AI-agent…
Artificial Intelligence
Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help…
Anthropic commits billions to a ‘public benefit fund’
Anthropic said on Sunday that it wants to create a new LLC to fund public-interest initiatives. Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images Anthropic said it wants to create a…
Breaking with Trump, Jensen Huang makes the case for immigration: ‘We want all the world’s great minds to come here’
Jensen Huang is calling for looser immigration restrictions for tech talent, while the Trump administration tightens the screws on H-1B visas. Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO…
This is the $24 gizmo the FBI says was used to bug OpenAI’s offices
OpenAI's offices in San Francisco. Authorities say an OpenAI employee installed a recording device in an executive office. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The device the FBI says an employee used to…
Productivity
Why 3 days at work is the big AI promise that Bezos, Dimon, and Gates can’t stop talking about
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the latest business leader to predict a shorter workweek. Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Bill Gates have all said that AI could…
Bitcoin
Sam Altman-Backed Bitcoin Insurer Meanwhile Raises $37.5M to Expand Globally
TL;DR: Funding Round: Meanwhile raised $37.5 million in an investment round led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing its cumulative capital raised to more than $180 million. Institutional Backing: The financing…
OpenAI says it didn’t fire 3 safety researchers for ‘speaking out’ on AI risks
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI. Heather Diehl/Getty Images OpenAI says its recent firing of three AI safety researchers was unrelated to "raising safety concerns or speaking out." The…
