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
Richer countries face greater exposure to AI-driven changes than developing countries, which are less exposed to AI but risk being left behind, report says.
Anthropic has changed how Claude subscriptions apply to third-party agent tools such as OpenClaw, requiring users who want to keep using those tools to pay separately through usage-based options.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/06/2026
Anthropic just spent more than $400 million to acquire a startup with fewer than 10 employees, no product, and no revenue.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/03/2026
A recent data exposure at Anthropic has revealed details about a previously undisclosed model, internally referred to as “Claude Mythos."
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2026
Apple isn’t trying to win the AI race. It’s trying to redefine what winning means. It’s only when you zoom out that the pattern snaps into focus.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2026
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, giving the company short-term relief and potentially easing pressure on its business and reputation.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/27/2026
Microsoft and Nvidia said they plan to use AI to support the development of additional nuclear power sites, a move that comes as interest grows in nuclear energy's role in meeting rising power demand.
OpenAI’s decision to drop Sora disrupted a high-profile Hollywood partnership before it could fully take shape. The Disney agreement had been positioned as a landmark test of licensed AI video, but Sora’s shutdown threw that strategy into doubt before the deal closed.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/27/2026
Malicious versions of the widely used Python package LiteLLM were briefly published to the Python Package Index (PyPI), prompting warnings from PyPI, security researchers, and the package's maintainer that users should assume credentials exposed to affected environments may have been compromised.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/25/2026
Google is testing AI-generated headlines in Search. The company says the feature is a limited experiment designed to better match user queries and boost engagement. Publishers worry.
Trump’s White House released a four-page AI policy framework aimed at setting a national approach to AI, with priorities including child safety, intellectual property protections, truth and accuracy guardrails, and worker training for an AI-driven economy.