Anthropic’s rogue AI agent filed a false murder tip and exposed a growing problem: autonomous AI agents are taking unauthorized actions in the real world.
This week’s Current Climate also looks at how Trump’s war with Iran is helping used EV sales and the compelling economic case for the clean energy transition.
Richard Ho, who helped create Google’s first TPU chip, also built OpenAI’s semiconductor unit from scratch. Now he’s grappling with deploying the first chips, doomerism and “competing among friends” with Nvidia.
OpenAI and Anthropic are spending hundreds of billions to build AI. Now an AI-powered credit firm is using the technology to judge their finances.
Seven years ago, Oxide made a contrarian bet that companies will own their own hardware infrastructure, instead of renting from the likes of AWS. With rampant AI demand triggering a global compute shortage, it’s paying off.
Palo Alto-based Sabi is betting its cap, outfitted with 100,000 sensors, will enable people to talk to their AI agents just by thinking.
Federal rebates are gone and new electric car sales are plunging. But the Iran conflict and $4 gasoline are doing what Washington no longer is: selling drivers on used EVs
ICE agents and cops across America are using a product called Graykey Preserve, which halts an Apple timer that makes it much harder to search an iPhone after 72 hours.
Employees who feel comfortable asking questions are better positioned to identify problems, recognize alternative explanations and make informed decisions.
Stronger models and cheaper tools are helping a new generation of bots handle travel bookings, grocery orders, party plans and even recover forgotten cash.