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Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up
Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.
Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.8, a New, More Powerful Model
Companies like Anthropic and OpenAI continue to sharpen the coding skills of their artificial intelligence technologies, with no ceiling in sight. On Thursday, Anthropic unveiled a new flagship model, called Claude Opus 4.8, that is significantly better than its predecessor, Claude Opus 4.7, at generating computer code, according to independent benchmark tests. It is particularly … Read more
Online Scams Have Evolved in the A.I. Era. Here’s What to Do.
A criminal could be masquerading as a celebrity, web store or family member asking for your money. Detecting scams requires a new approach.
I Tried to Sell My House With A.I.
Over five frantic days, I gambled my family’s life savings on a hunch that A.I. could outperform a real estate agent.
Online Scams Have Evolved in the A.I. Era. Here’s What to Do.
A criminal could be masquerading as a celebrity, web store or family member asking for your money. Detecting scams requires a new approach.
Go Ask Alice Why Tech Start-Ups Are Spending Big on Hype Videos
A Mad Hatter and a giant rabbit sit around a table discussing an A.I. start-up. This is normal behavior around the Bay Area these days.
Spencer Pratt Wants to Be Mayor. His Fans Want Him to Be Batman.
What an A.I.-generated video of the former reality TV star teaches us about the future of political ads.
At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo’s Warnings About the New Technology
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology.
‘The Maids,’ With Yerin Ha, Asks: Has Life Become One Big Performance?
In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”