Anthropic: AI model Claude helping build next version of it

The Texas Department of Transportation suspended issuing approvals for Flock’s automated license plate readers (ALPR) amid growing security and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. “TxDOT’s role is to review permits to ensure license plate readers are installed correctly and safely along state-owned roadways,” an agency spokesperson told NewsNation in a statement. “TxDOT does not have...

Amid an AI gold rush, Australia may be losing its ability to hold on to its best and brightest tech talent.

Anthropic's chatbot Claude is leading more than a quarter of the artificial intelligence (AI) firm's research and development efforts, the company revealed Thursday. The report marks the latest sign of AI's growing capabilities within the development space itself, building on months of suggestions from researchers that the technology is getting closer to building and self-improving....

As AI data centers face intense public pushback over issues including their electricity and water use, another potential environmental impact is percolating: the proliferation of forever chemicals. Data centers can use these chemicals in at least two ways: in their cooling processes and through their more general use of semiconductors. Supporters say that their use...

More than 170 Democratic organizers and campaign staff members are calling on the party's leaders to reject campaign donations from the pro-artificial intelligence super PAC Leading the Future (LTF) as the debate over AI safety and regulations intensifies in Washington. The letter, first shared with The Hill on Friday, argues the millions of dollars from...

Fears over artificial intelligence's rapid development sent Congress into a tailspin this week, as dozens of lawmakers joined the debate on how to regulate the technology. The frenzy in Washington has included policymakers who have long engaged on the subject and those seizing on the mounting concerns for the first time. In the wake of...

One of Dario Amodei’s key jobs is selling his company’s product to a public that is simultaneously enticed and horrified.

Editor's note: This report has been updated to correct the name of the journalist who questioned Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Thursday he would "absolutely sign" a statewide data center moratorium if brought to his desk, joining other governors and elected officials calling for a freeze on developing new data...

Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter Thursday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson and FTC Commissioner Mark Meador surrounding alleged anticompetitive practices by Walmart and Amazon regarding “Made in the USA” products. “We write to request that the Federal Trade Commission ... investigate alleged anticompetitive practices by Amazon...

A cryptocurrency regulation bill appears to have little momentum left in the Senate after it came up short in a floor vote Tuesday, with the industry now turning its attention to Trump administration regulators to set the rules of the road. The Clarity Act failed to secure enough support to clear a procedural hurdle Tuesday...

New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland (D) on Thursday backed a moratorium on the construction of data centers in her state, citing environmental and workforce-related concerns. In a policy framework on her website, Haaland backed “open, transparent, and meaningful” conversations within communities about the impacts of AI data centers. She also called for requiring data...