Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, details Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, on 'The Sunday Briefing'. The model's "emergent capabilities" to find software vulnerabilities autonomously raised alarms, prompting Anthropic to restrict public access. Shumer explains the proactive move of granting major companies and the US government early access to Mythos for cyber defense, anticipating future threats to critical infrastructure and national security. Several major news organizations are hosting reporter fellows with salaries paid by donor-supported AI journalism groups — relationships that frequently go undisclosed. The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism places fellows with outlets like Bloomberg, Time, NBC News, The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. And while some outlets are alerting readers to those funding relationships, others aren’t,
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This article was published on August 19, 2026 Fractile, a British startup making chips for AI, is in advanced talks to raise money at a $6.5bn valuation, Bloomberg reports. That is more than six times its price in May, and follows an…
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This article was published on August 19, 2026 Fractile, a British startup making chips for AI, is in advanced talks to raise money at a $6.5bn valuation, Bloomberg reports. That is more than six times its price in May,…
Read original at The Next Web →Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Anthropic’s…
Read original at TechCrunch →This article was published on August 14, 2026 Lightspeed wants about $600m to move its OpenAI stake and four others into a continuation fund, and to add Anthropic. It is the seller, and it will manage the buyer. Venture…
Read original at The Next Web →In one of those anonymously-sourced Bloomberg articles you can’t help but suspect might exist solely to help out one or another side in an ongoing negotiation, it’s being reported that Anthropic might soon buy the AI…
Read original at Gizmodo →Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, details Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, on 'The Sunday Briefing'. The model's "emergent capabilities" to find software vulnerabilities autonomously raised alarms,…
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This article was published on August 19, 2026 Fractile, a British startup making chips for AI, is in advanced talks to raise money at a $6.5bn valuation, Bloomberg reports. That is more than six times its price in May, and follows an…
View source →Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Anthropic’s revenue continues to…
View source →This article was published on August 14, 2026 Lightspeed wants about $600m to move its OpenAI stake and four others into a continuation fund, and to add Anthropic. It is the seller, and it will manage the buyer. Venture has imported…
View source →In one of those anonymously-sourced Bloomberg articles you can’t help but suspect might exist solely to help out one or another side in an ongoing negotiation, it’s being reported that Anthropic might soon buy the AI lab Decart for roughly…
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