Microsoft’s new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure
Microsoft's new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure Microsoft is announcing a strategic partnership with Anthropic today that will bring the AI startup’s models to Microsoft Foundry for the first time. As part of the deal, Anthropic is also committing to purchasing $30 billion of Azure compute capacity and “to contract additional compute capacity up […]
A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector
A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector Cloudflare, a networking company that provides DDoS protection and delivery services for many companies around the globe, is experiencing a major outage that’s taking down sites across the web. Users are running into an error message when they try to access X, ChatGPT, and […]
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent It’s not hard to understand the AI future Microsoft is betting billions on – a world where computers understand what you’re saying and do things for you. It’s right there in the ads for the latest Copilot PCs, where people cheerfully talk to their laptops […]
Google is fighting the defamation battle Meta caved on
Google is fighting the defamation battle Meta caved on Google filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by anti-corporate diversity activist Robby Starbuck, who claimed Google’s AI falsely associated him with sexual assault allegations and a white nationalist. Starbuck’s claims against Google came after he filed a similar lawsuit against Meta, whose AI […]
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model An illustration from Google’s new AI weather model. | Image: Google Google debuted a new and improved AI weather model today that will be incorporated into popular products like Search, Gemini, and Pixel phones. The company’s AI-enhanced forecasts have proven themselves to be quite accurate […]
Google’s AI Mode can now help you visualize your travel plans
Google's AI Mode can now help you visualize your travel plans Users can plan their trip in Google’s AI Mode. Google users can now describe their next trip to its AI Mode in search and select the option to “Create with Canvas,” which will build out an itinerary in a side panel complete with data […]
I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back
I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back Hello, my friends. Have you been feeling too sane lately? Have I got something for you! It is a company called CoreWeave. You may not have heard of it because it’s not doing the consumer-facing part of AI. It’s a data center company, the kind people […]
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus Jeff Bezos is getting a new job. He’ll reportedly become co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new startup that he’s partly funding. The company’s exact plans are still unknown, but its focus is on AI that could improve manufacturing in fields including computing, automobiles, and aerospace. […]
Hackers use Anthropic’s AI model Claude once again
Hackers use Anthropic's AI model Claude once again Anthropic announced on Thursday that Chinese state-backed hackers used the company’s AI model Claude to automate roughly 30 attacks on corporations and governments during a September campaign, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic said that up to 80% to 90% of the attack was […]
Mozilla announces an AI ‘window’ for Firefox
Mozilla announces an AI 'window' for Firefox Another day, another AI browser. This time, it’s Firefox, the self-described “independent browser” from Mozilla. Firefox says it is building an AI browsing feature called AI Window that includes an AI assistant and chatbot. The company calls it an opt-in “intelligent and user-controlled space” that is currently being […]