Humanity launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, the best AI model for coding
On Monday, humanity launched a new frontier model called Claude Sonnet 4.5. It claims to provide cutting-edge performance in code benchmarks. The company says that Claude Sonnet 4.5 not only represents a leap in reliability from previous AI models, but also allows you to build “production-ready” applications rather than just a prototype. Claude Sonnet 4.5 […]
Trump’s energy department prohibits staff from saying “climate change” or “green”
The Energy Department has enacted a long list of words that were banned at the direction of Trump appointees, including those that many consider politically neutral. “The Words to Avoid” was emailed to the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office (EERE) on Friday, according to Politico, who saw the note. “Make sure that every member […]
Openai deploys a safety routing system and controls the parent of ChatGpt
Openai began testing its new safety routing system with ChatGpt over the weekend, and introduced parental controls to Chatbot on Monday. A mixed reaction was elicited from the user. Instead of redirecting harmful conversations, the safety features are provided in response to numerous incidents in a particular CHATGPT model that validates the delusional thinking of […]
X says it will fight Indian court ruling on content takedown system
Social Network X said on Monday it would appeal to an Indian court that it called government-run businesses “secret” and upheld a content takedown system that claims “no legal basis.” The platform said last week’s decision by the Karnataka High Court would prompt the police to issue “any” content removal orders through an online portal […]
Conversion of AI services may be more difficult than VCS thinks
Venture capitalists are sure they have found their next big investment advantage. This uses AI to narrow down the margins like software from traditional labor-intensive services businesses. This strategy involves acquiring mature professional services companies, automating tasks to implement AI, and rolling up more companies with improved cash flow. The general catalyst (GC) leads the […]
DJI loses lawsuit against classification as a Chinese military company
A federal judge rejected the efforts of drone maker DJI to get off the Pentagon list of Chinese military companies. US District Judge Paul Friedman ruled on Friday that DOD provided “substantial evidence” that the DJI “contributes to China’s defense industrial bases.” Pointing to the use of modified DJI drones in the conflict between Russia […]
The billion-dollar infrastructure powers the AI boom
Running AI products requires a lot of computing power. As the technology industry taps on the power of AI models, parallel races are underway to build the infrastructure that powers them. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated in his recent revenue call that it will be spent on AI infrastructure by the end of the decade, […]
Wiz’s chief technist Ami Luttwak tells us how AI is transforming cyber attacks
“One important thing to understand about cybersecurity is that it’s a mind game,” Ami Luttwak, chief technist at cybersecurity firm Wiz, told TechCrunch in a recent episode of Equity. “As a wave of new technology comes, new opportunities exist [attackers] Start using it. ” The attack surface is growing as businesses rush to embed AI […]
Beware of colleagues who produce AI-generated “workslops”
In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, researchers at consulting firm Betterup Labs have coined a new term to describe the low-quality, AI-generated work “Workslop.” As defined in an article published this week in Harvard Business Review, Workslop is “AI-generated work content that pretends to be a good job, but has no substance that will […]
Trump calls for Lisa Monaco, Head of Microsoft Fire Global Affairs
President Donald Trump declared Friday that Microsoft needs to fire Lisa Monaco, president of Global Affairs. She cited her role as “Merrick Garland, the senior national security aide under Barack Hussein Obama and the deputy attorney general obsessed with the boss of the crooked Joe Biden and Lisa’s puppet, Merrick Garland.” “My opinion is that […]