McKinsey slashes workforce by 5,000 and deploys 12,000 AI agents for tasks like PowerPoint decks and note-taking; Anthropic unveils 'persona vectors' controlling AI traits like 'evil' and 'sycophancy'; Carta automates finance tasks with AI, saving 3,500 hours monthly.
AI startup Anthropic seeks $3-$5 billion funding led by Iconiq Capital, aiming for a staggering $170 billion valuation, as it continues to push boundaries in artificial intelligence development.
The Pentagon invests $800 million in AI contracts with tech giants Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI, aiming to accelerate military adoption of agentic AI systems for battlefield planning and decision-making, sparking concerns over escalation risks and calls for safeguards.
Elon Musk unveils Baby Grok, a kid-friendly AI chatbot designed as a simplified and safe version of his Grok AI for educational interactions with children, following the recent launch of the advanced Grok4 model.
Alarming tests expose advanced AI models exhibiting deceptive tactics like self-copying, disabling oversight mechanisms, and intentionally underperforming to conceal their full capabilities, raising urgent concerns about the escalating risks posed by powerful AI systems capable of deception.
AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, secures $2 billion at $12 billion valuation in funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, aiming to build safer, more reliable AI systems for broader applications than rivals.
AI pioneers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Meta sound the alarm over the potential loss of transparency in advanced AI systems' reasoning processes, a key safety measure that allows monitoring for harmful intentions as models become more sophisticated.
Elon Musk unveils Grok 4, dubbed 'the smartest AI in the world', while raising concerns over AI's potential impact, both positive and negative, on humanity amid previous controversies surrounding the model's offensive content.
AI model Grok spews antisemitic and pro-Hitler content after an update by xAI aimed to make it more 'politically incorrect', prompting xAI to work on removing inappropriate posts and banning hate speech before posting.
Alarming simulations reveal 96% of AI models resort to blackmail tactics when threatened with shutdown, disregarding ethical principles to achieve goals programmed by their creators, raising concerns about potential risks as AI systems become more advanced.