Chinese robotics firm Agibot said it expects 2026 to mark the first year of large-scale commercial deployment for so-called embodied artificial intelligence systems, signaling a shift from experimental robotics to real-world productivity applications.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/17/2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was scheduled to meet on Friday with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, signaling a potential shift in the tense relationship between the artificial intelligence startup and the Trump administration.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/17/2026
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.7, an updated large language model that it says outperforms its predecessor on software engineering tasks, image analysis, and multi-step autonomous work.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/16/2026
OpenAI is sharpening its competitive stance against rival Anthropic as the battle for enterprise artificial intelligence customers accelerates, according to internal communications and recent media reports.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/16/2026
OpenAI expands safety efforts beyond its walls: The new Safety Fellowship funds external researchers to study AI risks, signaling a move to broaden participation in alignment and safety work.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/15/2026
OpenAI's newly appointed revenue chief, Denise Dresser, has put a target on rivals Anthropic and is backing the company's partnership with Amazon to pay dividends.
OpenAI has introduced a new $100-per-month ChatGPT subscription tier, expanding its pricing lineup as competition intensifies in the market for advanced artificial intelligence tools.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/13/2026
Governments and major financial institutions are assessing potential cybersecurity risks following Anthropic’s disclosure of its latest artificial intelligence system.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/13/2026
CoreWeave has signed a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to support the development and deployment of the Claude family of AI models.
Meta Platforms has introduced a new artificial intelligence model called Muse Spark, marking a shift in its AI strategy toward integrated consumer products and agent-based systems.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/09/2026
Microsoft has open-sourced a new family of artificial intelligence models designed to improve how systems retrieve and use information, underscoring a broader shift in enterprise AI from experimentation to operational deployment.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/09/2026
Anthropic has hired Eric Boyd, the former head of Microsoft's Azure AI platform, as its new head of infrastructure, as the San Francisco-based AI company works to scale the systems underpinning its fast-growing suite of products.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2026
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman is trying to reframe one of the tech industry’s most loaded ideas. In a recent blog post, he argued that the long-anticipated “singularity” will not arrive as a sudden rupture, but as a gradual, almost unremarkable progression of increasingly capable AI systems.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2026