Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive

Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model’s safeguards.

The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility

Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI – after it lost control of its own AI tools – or by a succession of AI “civilizations.” Welcome to the linguistic battlefield of AI safety, where word choices can shift responsibility for a massive cybersecurity incident from a company to […]

No ‘DMV for AI’: US Pushes Against AI Regulations at Global Forum

A US regulatory agency for AI would be a “disaster,” Trump’s AI czar said during a G20 forum on technology.

Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence

Apple is pushing for “expedited discovery” in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a filing on Monday, Apple alleges OpenAI only just handed over a MacBook used by a former employee at the center of the lawsuit, which contained discussions about “destroying […]

Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design

With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.

ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

Is ‘Around The Clock’ Too Much?

Agentic AI promises endless productivity but risks burnout, surveillance, lost opportunities, and overwhelming human oversight.

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.

John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers
John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers

John Deere is testing a new “JD” AI assistant that it says can help farmers make more money, with answers about best practices and historical trends that are based on their own data. It uses their “field, machine and operational data” to answer questions on topics like equipment settings, fuel usage, or harvest timing. The […]

Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI

Google has a new suite of creative design tools for Workspace users called Google Pics, which aims to make editing and generating “professional-grade” AI images less cumbersome for businesses. Built around Gemini and the Nano Banana generative AI model, Google Pics is designed to give more granular control over prompt-based image making and manipulation, allowing […]