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Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has established a reputation for being the cautious, safety-first name in AI. However, as demand for Claude and its coding tool has surged, the company has turned to Elon Musk’s controversial SpaceX facility in Memphis, Tennessee, for additional computing power.

Soon after troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western leaders expelled hundreds of Russian spies from their capitals and blacklisted companies with ties to the Kremlin.

A private Russian company VKT and its partner LLC “3DIR” are promoting the “Voronezh” launch vehicle project.

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a cyberattack that compromised the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), a sensitive information-sharing platform used by federal, state, local, and private-sector partners.

China examined US stealth aircraft — and drew incorrect conclusions

A businessman connected to Chinese military contractors was among the foreign investors who purchased shares in SpaceX while it remained a private company. An entity associated with the Qatari royal family also acquired a stake.

SpaceX shares soared 19% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, pushing the company’s value beyond $2 trillion and making it the sixth-largest U.S. company by value, while turning Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire.

Privately held Element Biosciences announced on Tuesday that it had secured funding, which includes $175 million from long-term investor Samsung Electronics to advance the commercialization of its genetic testing and research ‌products.

In the early 1960s, American children lined up for the world’s first measles shots, but it took almost 40 years of strengthening immunization programs before the notorious contagion was so effectively controlled that a panel of experts declared in 2000 that the United States had eliminated measles within its borders.

A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.

SpaceX is aiming to raise approximately $75 billion (£55 billion) through its upcoming stock market listing, the company announced, which would make it the largest initial public offering ever.

The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, alleging the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while hiding serious risks.

YouTube is revising its policies to more clearly indicate when a video that appears realistic was created using artificial intelligence.

A biotech company that plans to bring back extinct animals announced on Tuesday that it has successfully hatched live chicks in an artificial environment. This achievement has elicited mixed reactions from scientists and opponents of its de-extinction efforts.

AI developers are interested in understanding what you know.

Artificial intelligence is creating references to medical research that does not exist, according to recent findings.

Mozilla’s most recent Firefox security update offers a rare insight into what occurs when advanced AI capabilities are available to defenders before attackers. The company stated that it resolved 423 Firefox security vulnerabilities in April after gaining access to Claude Mythos Preview, compared with approximately 420 fixes over the past 14 months.

By the time doctors detect pancreatic cancer, it’s often too late for effective treatment. However, a new study suggests that artificial intelligence might be capable of identifying signs of the disease before tumors become visible on a scan.

With AI becoming increasingly capable of creating photorealistic images, seemingly authentic videos, and text that resembles an author’s work, it is becoming more difficult to differentiate between art and other content generated by humans and that produced by large language models.

Meta Platforms has revealed an ongoing dilemma for China: the country desires its technology giants to expand globally, but does not want them to leave home.

An autonomous robot ping-pong player named Ace has reached a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing against and occasionally defeating top-level human players at table tennis, a feat that could herald a range of other applications for similarly skilled robots.