Anthropic has launched a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models. The new agent, Claude for Chrome, is initially rolling out to a group of 1,000 subscribers on Anthropic’s Max plan, which costs between…
Meta plans to launch a super PAC to support California candidates who favor a light-touch approach to artificial intelligence regulation, according to a report from Politico. This development coincides with other major Silicon Valley players, including Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI’s…
The popular library e-book and audiobook app Libby is adding AI, much to the disappointment of some readers and librarians who would prefer not to have AI inserted into their favorite apps. The new feature, called Inspire Me, allows users…
The Trump administration made an unprecedented and confusing move last week when it announced plans to convert money Intel was supposed to receive through government grant programs from the Joe Biden era into a 10% equity stake. While it remains…
Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of fiction and nonfiction authors. The settlement was announced in a filing on Tuesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This development comes after Anthropic had won a partial…
Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track “Let Down” from the 1997 album “OK Computer.” “Let Down” never broke through to mainstream attention…
A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable cloud server. This action put the personal information of most…
Eyebot, a startup offering a 90-second vision test kiosk that delivers doctor-verified glasses prescriptions, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. The Boston-based startup, founded in 2021, streamlines how people access vision care by eliminating traditional obstacles such as…
IBM and AMD are partnering to develop next-generation computing architectures that integrate IBM’s quantum systems with AMD’s AI-specialized chips. This move could position both the tech giant and the chipmaker as key infrastructure players as they look to regain ground…
Apple has announced it will hold its iPhone 17 event on Tuesday, September 9, mirroring the timing of last year’s event. The company has begun sending out invitations for the gathering, which will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater…
