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Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures than any prior model after tests showed it could potentially aid novices in making biological weapons (Billy Perrigo/Time)

Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measure...

May 22, 2025 0

Billy Perrigo / Time: Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures...

Sonnet 4 is available to free and paid users, while Opus 4 is limited to paid users; Opus 4 API costs $15/$75 per 1M input/output tokens, Sonnet 4 costs $3/$15 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Sonnet 4 is available to free and paid users, while Opu...

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Sonnet 4 is available to free and paid users, while...

Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blac...

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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to ...

Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role; Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff will lead Tinder temporarily (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after...

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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July af...

The Claude 4 models support "extended thinking with tool use", a beta feature that lets them alternate between reasoning and using tools like web search (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

The Claude 4 models support "extended thinking with too...

May 22, 2025 0

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: The Claude 4 models support “extended thinking wi...

Apollo Research, which Anthropic partnered with to test Opus 4, recommended against deploying an early version due to its tendency to "scheme" and deceive (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Apollo Research, which Anthropic partnered with to test...

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Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to "whistleblow" if it detects users doing something "egregiously evil", like marketing a drug based on faked data (Sam Bowman/@sleepinyourhat)

Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to "whistl...

May 22, 2025 0

Sam Bowman / @sleepinyourhat: Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to “...

Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to stream...

May 22, 2025 0

Sam Biddle / The Intercept: Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to s...

Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023 (New York Times)

Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matt...

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New York Times: Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters ill...

Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end...

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the e...

Microsoft says it is reducing "politically focused emails" within the company; workers are unable to send emails mentioning "Palestine", "Gaza", or "genocide" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft says it is reducing "politically focused emai...

May 22, 2025 0

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says it is reducing “politically focused ema...

Nansen: the 220 winners of Trump's May 22 dinner contest spent $394M total on the $TRUMP token, with the top seven spending $10M+ each and a third $1M+ each (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Nansen: the 220 winners of Trump's May 22 dinner contes...

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Kevin Collier / NBC News: Nansen: the 220 winners of Trump's May 22 dinner con...

Marcos Galperin, founder and CEO of Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre, will step down in late 2025 and be replaced by commerce head Ariel Szarfsztejn (Andre Romani/Reuters)

Marcos Galperin, founder and CEO of Latin American e-co...

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Andre Romani / Reuters: Marcos Galperin, founder and CEO of Latin American e-c...

Leaked recording: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI aims to ship 100M AI "companion" devices, with the goal of releasing a device by late 2026 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Leaked recording: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI aim...

May 22, 2025 0

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Leaked recording: Sam Altman told staff that...

NYC-based Siro, which offers AI-powered coaching for sales reps, raised a $50M Series B led by SignalFire, bringing its total raised to $75M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

NYC-based Siro, which offers AI-powered coaching for sa...

May 22, 2025 0

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: NYC-based Siro, which offers AI-powered coaching for ...

Amazon introduces AI shopping experts, an audio feature that summarizes product details, customer reviews, and more, on select products for some US customers (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)

Amazon introduces AI shopping experts, an audio feature...

May 22, 2025 0

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon introduces AI shopping experts, an audio fea...

Microsoft researchers and others detail Aurora, an AI weather model they say makes accurate 10-day forecasts faster and at smaller scales than many other models (Rebecca Dzombak/New York Times)

Microsoft researchers and others detail Aurora, an AI w...

May 22, 2025 0

Rebecca Dzombak / New York Times: Microsoft researchers and others detail Auro...

A profile of Bill Zanker, who sources say has been key ...

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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A profile of Bill Zanker, who sources say has been ke...

A New York jury convicts Braden John Karony, the former CEO of crypto company SafeMoon, of conspiracy to defraud the US, money laundering, and wire fraud (Turner Wright/Cointelegraph)

A New York jury convicts Braden John Karony, the former...

May 22, 2025 0

Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: A New York jury convicts Braden John Karony, th...

An overview of major streamers' revenues, subscriber churn, cancellation rates, shares of US TV viewing time, and shares of US sports TV rights deals since 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

An overview of major streamers' revenues, subscriber ch...

May 22, 2025 0

Wall Street Journal: An overview of major streamers' revenues, subscriber chur...

Takeaways from Computex 2025: little focus on consumer AI, Chinese AI and chip advances loom large, Intel and Nvidia courting Taiwanese partners, and more (Bloomberg)

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May 22, 2025 0

Bloomberg: Takeaways from Computex 2025: little focus on consumer AI, Chinese ...

Sources: Telegram told investors ahead of a ~$1.5B bond offering that revenue reached $1.4B in 2024, up from $343M in 2023, and net profit reached $540M in 2024 (Financial Times)

Sources: Telegram told investors ahead of a ~$1.5B bond...

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Financial Times: Sources: Telegram told investors ahead of a ~$1.5B bond offer...

Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 23% to $16.98B, vs. $15.6B est., and net profit down 64% YoY to ~$90M, below $225.8M est., reflecting AI and PC market competition (Bloomberg)

Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 23% to $16.98B, vs. $15.6B...

May 22, 2025 0

Bloomberg: Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 23% to $16.98B, vs. $15.6B est., and n...

China is catching up with the US in AI, robotics, and other sectors, driven by an R&D spending rise, hitting $500B in 2024, up 3x since Xi took office in 2012 (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)

China is catching up with the US in AI, robotics, and o...

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Brian Spegele / Wall Street Journal: China is catching up with the US in AI, r...

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