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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Seeks AI Regulation Framework From Top Experts

The Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law holds a hearing to establish core principles for regulating artificial intelligence. Industry leaders and academic experts testify to help shape future legislative oversight.

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Explores Core Principles for AI Regulation

The Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law holds a hearing to discuss foundational principles for regulating artificial intelligence. Industry leaders and academic experts provide testimony to guide future legislative action.

Anthropic Launches Claude 2 AI Model With Expanded Context And Better Reasoning

Anthropic releases Claude 2, an upgraded AI assistant that handles 100,000 tokens per prompt and achieves higher scores on coding and academic benchmarks. The new model is available through an API and a public beta website for users in the US and UK.

Anthropic Launches Claude Corps, Opus 4.8 Amid New Export Controls

Anthropic introduces Claude Corps, a national fellowship for early-career professionals, alongside the powerful new Claude Opus 4.8 model. These launches coincide with a US government directive that suspends access to the recently released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.

Top AI Experts Warn That Artificial Intelligence Poses Extinction Risk

Hundreds of leading AI experts and industry executives sign a statement warning that AI poses an extinction risk on par with pandemics and nuclear war. The signatories call for global action to mitigate this societal-scale threat.

Major Foundation Model Releases Signal a Rapid AI Spring

Leading tech companies unleash a wave of powerful new AI models, sparking massive commercial deployment while raising serious concerns about industry transparency.

Google Pours $300 Million Into Anthropic Amid Intensifying AI Arms Race

Google acquires a 10% stake in Anthropic, a ChatGPT rival, as tech giants battle for artificial intelligence supremacy. The investment highlights a massive surge in venture funding for AI startups this year.

Anthropic Expands AI Safety Research Across Interpretability, Alignment, and Real-World Testing

Anthropic details its ongoing research into AI safety through specialized teams focused on alignment, interpretability, and societal impacts. Recent studies explore how models think, negotiate on behalf of humans, and handle complex real-world tasks.

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Anthropic Leads This Week's Top Venture Funding Rounds With $580M Raise

Artificial intelligence research firm Anthropic closes a massive $580 million round, leading a diverse week of venture funding that includes major raises for iSpot.tv and Biofourmis.

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Massive AI Rounds Push Global Venture Funding to Record $189B in February

Global venture funding hits an unprecedented $189 billion in February, driven almost entirely by monumental raises from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo. Meanwhile, early-stage startups see shrinking shares as public software markets face a major downturn.

May 2026 AI Roundup Highlights Capability Surges Amid Growing Infrastructure Bottlenecks

AI capabilities outpace expert predictions, but severe data center delays and soaring enterprise costs complicate the industry's rapid growth. Companies increasingly find that human oversight remains the key to gaining a competitive edge with artificial intelligence.

Anthropic Deploys Claude Mythos AI to Guard Global Critical Infrastructure

Anthropic expands its Project Glasswing initiative to over 150 organizations in 15 countries, using its Claude Mythos AI model to hunt zero-day vulnerabilities in essential systems like power, water, and healthcare networks.

Google and Microsoft Challenge Anthropic and OpenAI in Lucrative AI Coding Market

Tech giants Google and Microsoft are launching new AI coding models to compete with Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. The companies aim to capture a rapidly growing market expected to reach $30 billion by 2031.