Read full article about: OpenAI opens London office with room for over 500 employees
OpenAI is opening a new office in London with space for more than 500 employees - more than double its current headcount of around 200 in the British capital. According to CNBC, the company has signed a lease for roughly 8,200 square meters in the King's Cross neighborhood, home to Google DeepMind, Meta, Synthesia, and Wayve. Back in February, OpenAI announced plans to make London its largest research hub outside the United States.
The news comes just days after OpenAI paused its UK Stargate infrastructure project due to high energy costs and regulatory hurdles. Talks with project partner Nscale are still ongoing.
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Read full article about: CIA plans to integrate AI assistants into all analysis platforms
According to CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis, the agency recently produced its first fully autonomous intelligence report using AI, Politico reports. Over the next few years, AI assistants will be integrated into all of the agency's analysis platforms. These tools are meant to help analysts with tasks like drafting assessments, verifying findings, and identifying trends.
Ellis stressed that humans will continue to make the important decisions. The CIA tested 300 AI projects over the past year, covering areas like data processing and language translation. The agency's expanded Center for Cyber Intelligence, which oversees the CIA's covert hacking operations, is also set to make greater use of AI and emerging technologies.
Ellis also took an indirect shot at Anthropic, saying the CIA won't let private companies dictate how it uses their technology. Anthropic is currently in a dispute with the Pentagon after the company tried to contractually restrict its models from being used for lethal strikes and mass surveillance. The Pentagon has since classified Anthropic as a supply chain risk. Ellis also warned that China has made significant technological gains.
Read full article about: Coreweave signs multi-year cloud deal with Anthropic to power Claude
Coreweave has signed a multi-year cloud deal with AI startup Anthropic. The agreement will provide Anthropic with compute capacity for its Claude model family starting later this year. Financial details were not disclosed. Coreweave's stock rose more than 5 percent in premarket trading. The buildout will happen in phases, with the option to expand later.
For Coreweave, the Anthropic deal is part of a string of major contracts: last year, the company signed an $11.9 billion deal with OpenAI, followed by a $6.3 billion order with Nvidia in September, and just the day before, an expanded $21 billion deal with Meta. The Anthropic contract helps Coreweave diversify its revenue - until now, around 67 percent of its income came from Microsoft. Coreweave's stock is up about 29 percent year to date.
Read full article about: US appeals court refuses to block Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic
A US appeals court has declined to temporarily block the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national security risk, Reuters reports. The ruling came Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had placed the AI company on a blacklist after Anthropic refused to lift usage restrictions on its AI assistant Claude for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Anthropic calls the move retaliation for its stance on AI safety and warns of billions in damages. The Justice Department says the decision was based on contract terms.
A California court had ruled in Anthropic's favor in a parallel case in late March. It marks the first time a US company has been publicly designated as a supply chain risk. A final ruling is still pending.
Nudifying bots, deepfakes, and automated archives: how AI powers a monetized abuse ecosystem on Telegram
An analysis of 2.8 million Telegram messages in Italy and Spain documents how AI tools are fueling a monetized ecosystem built around non-consensual intimate imagery.