Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images If one thing became clear at the HumanX conference in San Francisco this week, where 6,500 executives, founders and investors gathered to talk about artificial intelligence, it’s that OpenAI no longer dominates the conversation in their industry. For now, at least, that distinction belongs to Anthropic. Anthropic’s viral…
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI, now owned by SpaceX, is facing a new legal challenge from environmental groups in Mississippi, where the company plans to build a massive, methane gas-burning power plant in the town of Southaven. Nonprofits including the NAACP, Young, Gifted &…
Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security of artificial intelligence models and how to respond to cyber attacks before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC has learned. The meeting occurred over the phone, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked…
A screen displays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, March 11, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters A man was arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home and then threatening to burn down the artificial intelligence…
Apple is casting a new line to reel more users into its prized ecosystem, a money-printing machine with fresh hardware as the lure and services as the hook. The tech giant announced its most affordable laptop in history last month with the rollout of the MacBook Neo. With a starting price of $599, the Neo…
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump lauded Palantir in a post to Truth Social on Friday as the artificial intelligence software stock headed for a 15% weekly plunge. “Palantir Technologies…
When filmmaker Daniel Roher and his wife were expecting their first child, it brought to the surface many of the questions that new parents ask: How would life be different? What kind of world would their child be entering? And because Roher was hearing so much talk about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on…
CoreWeave announced Friday that it has entered a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to power its Claude artificial intelligence models as demand for infrastructure continues to climb. Shares of the neocloud climbed more than 10% following the news. “With the addition of Anthropic, nine of the leading ten AI model providers now leverage CoreWeave’s platform, reflecting…
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Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary (L), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic‘s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday. The bank heads were already in Washington,…