Claude is becoming increasingly capable and commercially valuable, while Anthropic is fighting Washington over autonomous weapons and surveillance. The company wants America to lead AI, but not at any price.
On a bustling January afternoon at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, Tencent employees gathered for their annual New Year party, expecting celebrity appearances and prize giveaways. Instead, they were met with a
MoreResearchers based in China have been excluded from applying to the European Union’s most advanced collaborative technology programmes, according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. The move affects €93 billion
MoreThe tech sector in 2026 is being defined by a stark divide: semiconductor stocks tied to AI data centers are soaring, while software and information services companies are facing unprecedented losses. The
MoreIndia has joined a new United States-led strategic alliance designed to secure global supply chains for artificial intelligence, semiconductor manufacturing, and critical minerals, marking a significant geopolitical shift in the race to
MoreFor years, a peculiar rumor has circulated through Silicon Valley’s venture capital corridors and startup happy hours: that gay men, loosely connected through friendship, mentorship, and social life, wield outsized influence over
MoreThe government of Sri Lanka has raised serious national security concerns after revealing that nearly 900,000 mobile SIM cards currently in use cannot be linked to verified individuals, a gap authorities say
More“It is time to democratize AI,” Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said while addressing the AI Impact Summit in India. He began his remarks by expressing his enthusiasm for being in the
MoreThe U.S. State Department is developing an online platform intended to allow users in Europe and other regions to view online content restricted by local authorities, according to sources familiar with the
MoreOn 14 February, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled a Ramadan relief package of 38 billion Pakistani rupees (Rs38b) to help 12.1 million low-income households in Pakistan. The families will get direct digital
MoreChina’s ambition to dominate the emerging field of brain-computer interfaces is rapidly taking shape, with one Shanghai-based start-up already reporting early human trials just a few years after its founding. NeuroXess, which
MoreAs the world generates ever more digital information, the limitations of conventional storage media are becoming increasingly clear. Hard drives and magnetic tapes degrade within a decade, leaving critical scientific, cultural, and
MoreOpenAI has partnered with Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning into the firm’s payments infrastructure, a move designed to automate complex financial workflows and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in commercial
MoreAmazon has halted its Blue Jay warehouse robotics initiative only months after publicly unveiling the technology, underscoring that not all of the company’s aggressive automation bets are paying off despite its vast
MoreDavid Silver, one of Britain’s leading AI researchers, is raising $1 billion for a new company, Ineffable Intelligence, in what would become the largest seed funding round ever in Europe. The round,
MoreOn the eve of the Lunar New Year, as families across China gathered around steaming plates of dumplings, the country’s most beloved television tradition unfolded with an unusual edge. The Spring Festival
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