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SAN FRANCISCO: Anthropic’s revenue surged around 50 per cent to $16.8 billion in the September quarter, while the artificial intelligence company reported adjusted profitability over the previous six months, according to US media reports, as it prepares for a potential IPO that could value it at $2 trillion. The San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) lab is […]

United States federal agents arrested a Saudi national who was an OpenAI engineer and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. The case highlights growing security concerns around sensitive AI research as companies and governments compete fiercely for the talent […]

A fresh warning from artificial intelligence company Anthropic about the prospect of self-replicating AI has stirred debate among cybersecurity experts, with some sharing its concerns while others questioned whether the company was overstating the threat. In a research post published late on Monday, Anthropic outlined how rogue AI models could potentially create a botnet, spread […]

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Tuesday said that Pakistan is in the final stages of preparing a Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) framework for satellite internet services. Addressing the APT Symposium on Digital Transformation and the Universal Service Fund (USF), she said the framework would be finalised soon after consultations […]

A UK High Court will hold a hearing Tuesday on a challenge brought by Meta, the tech giant that owns Facebook and Instagram, over fees and potential fines introduced under the country’s Online Safety Act. Meta is challenging Ofcom in the High Court, claiming that the UK media regulator acted unlawfully, specifically regarding their definition […]

French investigators on Tuesday were hunting the hackers ​who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, ‌with no group publicly claiming responsibility. The absence of a claim of responsibility by hacktivists or a ransom demand by cybercriminals has puzzled investigators, according to a […]

LONDON: Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than milk. In an interview with the BBC published on Monday, Brad Smith said a set of global safety rules needed to be in place, requiring a “victim” to […]

Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia’s shrinking workforce as some countries’ populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region instead of deepening existing disparities, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday. Speaking at the launch of an IMF book on challenges and opportunities in Asia, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said […]

Several startups are betting that they can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to make better forecasts than even the most specialised experts when it comes to topics as varied as stock market movements, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, or how a Shakira song will perform on music charts. By 2030, “we’re going to feel […]

Peter Steinberger’s artificial intelligence agent tool OpenClaw has taken the tech world by storm with its ability to execute real-life tasks such as checking him in for his flight to Tokyo. AI is not yet a ubiquitous personal assistant for ordinary people, but “you’ll see much more of that this year because this is the […]