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8 articlesClaude Code changelog
Release notes for Claude Code by version: added /config key=value syntax to set any setting from the prompt, a sandbox.allowAppleEvents opt-in, a CLAUDE_CLIENT_PRESENCE_FILE env var to suppress mobile push, the bundled Bun runtime upgraded to 1.4, and line-by-line streaming of long paragraphs.
Seoul Office Partnerships Korean AI Ecosystem
Anthropic opens Seoul and announces new partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem—with the enterprises, startups, and researchers behind some of the most ambitious deployments of Claude.
Developing Nuclear Safeguards For AI Through Public Private Partnership
Together with the NNSA and DOE national laboratories, we have co-developed a classifier—an AI system that automatically categorizes content—that distinguishes between concerning and benign nuclear-related conversations with 96% accuracy in preliminary testing.
MolmoMotion: Language-guided 3D motion forecasting
A Blog post by Ai2 on Hugging Face
New research shows how AMIE, our medical AI, could help manage health conditions.
Research in “Nature” shows our conversational AI system matches primary care physicians in complex disease management.
From the Hugging Face Hub to robot hardware with Strands Agents and LeRobot
A Blog post by Amazon on Hugging Face
A near-autonomous AI chemist improves a challenging reaction in medicinal chemistry
OpenAI and Molecule.one show how a near-autonomous AI chemist using GPT-5.4 improved a key drug-making reaction, advancing medicinal chemistry research.
GLM-5.2: Built for Long-Horizon Tasks
A Blog post by Z.ai on Hugging Face
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40 articlesThe Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China.
Elon Musk’s Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla
Some shareholders might object, but there is little they could do, legal experts say.
Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive
Snap's long-awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.
AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties
Give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute, and a "generous token budget," and they can figure out a training regimen that teaches robots to cut zip ties and insert GPUs into thin motherboard sockets—made possible by a new agent harness framework called ENPIRE from Nvidia's GEAR lab.
World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off.
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.
Why Waymo’s Driverless Taxis Won’t Be on Your Streets Anytime Soon
The Silicon Valley company’s ambitions to roll out autonomous cars nationwide have hit political roadblocks in some of the country’s biggest markets.
Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration abruptly ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals, forcing Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for everyone. "To my knowledge, this is the first time US export controls have been used to control access to an AI model in this way."
Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One.
Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms
Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.
NEA’s Tiffany Luck on AI IPOs, personal agents, and the ROI reckoning
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.
Anthropic Employees Accuse Trump Administration of Targeting Them
Workers at the artificial intelligence company have been puzzled and increasingly concerned by the administration’s move to limit their latest A.I. models.
"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models offline following a US export-control directive barring "any foreign national" from using the services. Since Mythos debuted in April, Anthropic has warned the model has advanced capabilities for both finding software vulnerabilities to help defenders patch them and figuring out ways to exploit them—a double-edged, dual-use sword.
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Use of AI chatbots has increased dramatically since 2024, when only 33 percent reported using them—yet only 16 percent say AI will have a positive impact on society.
A.I.: Artificial or Awesome?
Fenix Flexin’s new ’80s-pop single “RUBBERZ” sounds miles away from the hip-hop he’s known for as part of Shoreline Mafia. Our critic Jon Caramanica discusses the track and the online debate over whether it was A.I.-generated.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible
Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model's guardrails can't be circumvented. Security experts say that can't be done.
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.
Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei attended a working lunch with G7 leaders and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI during the G7 Summit on June 17th in Evian-les-Bains, France—the backdrop to Regulator's read on the petty feud reshaping frontier AI development.
Can anyone look cool wearing Snap’s $2,000 glasses?
Snap debuted its new $2,195 Specs glasses. CEO Evan Spiegel described them as something the company had worked on for more than 12 years, an attempt to "bring computing into the world" and "make it more human"—but bold fashion rarely makes for mainstream success.
Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
After announcing its new speaker last August, Google finally has a release date. Its first new smart home speaker in years launches June 25 and is up for preorder today at $100—Google's first home audio device in almost six years, since the Nest Audio in September 2020.
How the ‘Hard Fork’ Hosts Bring Their Tech Podcast to a Live Audience
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explain why they try to include “a little chaos” when they record their New York Times tech podcast in front of a crowd in San Francisco.
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.
Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI
Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium.
Arianna Huffington: Our Strongest Drive Is Self-Discovery
It may be tempting to chase status and success, but let’s not overlook our universal need to find inner meaning and purpose.
AI search grounded in Facebook posts? What could go wrong?
Meta's new AI Mode is a new option when you hit the search bar in the Facebook app, designed to tackle complex queries much like AI Mode in Google Search. But Meta's version draws on public posts across Meta apps—including Facebook Groups and Instagram Reels—to inform its results, if it ever learns to stop getting stuff wrong.
Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week
Google's first new smart speaker in six years starts shipping on June 25th, narrowly missing its promised spring launch window. Preorders open today. Nothing has changed hardware-wise in the nine months since the $99 speaker was announced: same squished round design, touch buttons, and four colors.
The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here
Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.
Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business.
Tech C.E.O.s to Discuss A.I. With G7 Leaders
Executives from Anthropic, OpenAI and Mistral will be among those attending a lunch meeting with leaders from many of the world’s richest nations.
SpaceX’s Growing Warchest
Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been on a tear, giving the rockets and artificial intelligence company financial resources to box out competitors.
‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era
“I think if you have a creative voice in writing or design, you put yourself out there and you take a risk — this is a good time to do that,” said the Figma chief executive Dylan Field.
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest has launched 'Ask Pinterest,' an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspiration through a conversational interface.
The Battle Over A.I. in the Classroom
There are concerns about artificial intelligence’s risks to kids’ learning and critical thinking, and tech companies are pushing to get chatbots into schools.
The next humanoid robot might not look human at all
The next humanoid robot might not have a head, legs, or even stand—it might sit on a wheeled base and fold down like a deck chair. Eno, from French startup Genesis AI (backed by Eric Schmidt), is designed "around human capability" rather than human appearance as a fully general-purpose robot, though its hands are still very human.