Mira Murati’s AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab (TML), founded in 2025 by former OpenAI leaders, fell apart last week. Key executives clashed with Murati over direction and control, leading to firings and mass exits to OpenAI. Nine staffers left or got offers, amid failed Meta buyout talks and fundraising struggles at a $50B goal. Behind […]
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Anthropic has unveiled Claude’s “Constitution,” a groundbreaking document that doesn’t just dictate rules for its AI— it speaks directly to Claude, outlining a clear priority: safety first, then ethics, compliance, and user helpfulness. Unlike rigid lists of dos and don’ts, this philosophy-driven guide explains the “why” behind each principle, empowering Claude to apply values wisely
The World Economic Forum in Davos this week spotlighted AI as the dominant force reshaping economies and societies, with top leaders like Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella dominating discussions. Amodei warned against U.S. President Trump’s policy easing AI chip sales to China, comparing it to “selling nuclear weapons to
Claude Code is the “software magician” igniting the selfware revolution—software you build yourself with AI, not buy from vendors. It empowers non‑coders to create complex tools like MRI viewers or automation scripts just by describing needs, turning users into instant builders. Markets are reeling: the Morgan Stanley SaaS index is down 15% YTD, with Intuit,
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is testing ads for free and low-cost users in the US. These “Sponsored Recommendations” will show up below chat responses. The ads use your conversation topics but skip sensitive areas like health or politics. Premium users stay ad-free. This change comes as OpenAI launches a cheap $8/month “Go” tier worldwide,
Google’s latest ‘Personal Intelligence’ upgrade for Gemini marks a pivotal shift in AI, enabling the model to seamlessly pull and reason across users’ Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search data without manual prompts. This beta feature, launched for Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US, transforms everyday apps into a powerful AI moat by delivering hyper-personalized
Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, has signed paid licensing deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI. These tech giants can now legally use Wikipedia’s vast library of 65 million articles to train their AI models. Earlier, companies scraped this free resource without paying, straining servers and cutting human traffic by 8% as
Mira Murati shocked the AI world by leaving her role as OpenAI’s CTO in 2024 to launch Thinking Machines Lab, teaming up with talented co-founders like Barret Zoph. But in a stunning twist, Zoph was fired from the startup over serious allegations of misconduct, including claims he shared proprietary secrets with competitors. Hours later, he
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Nobody knows the trajectory of AI, it’s a genie unleashed. Which enterprise; small or big, academic, research or commercial will bring what successful AI innovation to the table also remains unknown. Norwegian startup 1X has unveiled its “1X World Model,” a physics-based AI system that trains Neo humanoid robots by watching videos paired with simple
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Meta’s 2025 talent poaching via MSL nabbed experts like Alexandr Wang with $100M+ deals from OpenAI, driving Llama 4, “Mango” video, and “Avocado” text models for H1 2026. Meta Compute launched January 2026 targets tens of gigawatts this decade via $600B U.S. spend, nuclear pacts, led by Santosh Janardhan/Daniel Gross. Early 2026, Meta ranks fourth
AI has already become a messy battleground. Anthropic has blocked xAI’s access to its powerful Claude models after discovering Elon Musk’s team was using them via Cursor for internal AI development, violating terms that ban aiding competitors. xAI cofounder Tony Wu called it a productivity hit but a push to build their own tools faster.
