Anthropic Taps Accenture to Run Independent Safety Tests on Its AI Models
Anthropic has handed the job of independently checking its models to an outside firm, and the arrangement comes with a price tag measured in the billions. The company said it…
The AI Spending Boom Runs Into a Wall of Debt
The first cracks are showing up where the money was supposed to flow most freely. Around $18 billion of loans tied to Oracle’s Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico…
Prince George Arrives at Eton, Under an Umbrella
The photograph from the school gates shows the routine parts of a first day. A boy in a uniform, a car pulling up, parents making sure everything is in order.…
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Reopen the Question of Britain’s Future
The gathering was notable mostly for who was in the room. Political forces from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland sat down together recently to discuss the direction of the country…
Celine Dion’s Return, and the Three Sons Who Grew Up Through Her Illness
The two videos sit side by side in the public record. In the first, Celine Dion is frozen mid-spasm, her hands locked, her body refusing a command her mind keeps…
Republican Campaigns Drew 16 of the 20 Largest Donors
The filings arrive in waves, and this cycle’s wave confirmed a pattern that has held for years: the biggest money in American politics tilts decisively one way. According to Federal…
Microsoft Copilot Goes Down for Thousands of Users
Microsoft’s Copilot failed across the middle of the day on September 17, leaving users staring at error messages in a product the company has placed at the center of its…
Oracle Cuts Another 441 Jobs in the Bay Area
Oracle is laying off more workers in the region where it keeps its headquarters, and the numbers tell a story that has become familiar at the company: cloud orders and…
AMD Tells Customers of a 10% Price Rise, Traced to TSMC
AMD has begun telling its partners what they will pay for chips next quarter, and the message points up the supply chain. Around September 17, the company notified graphics card…
CleanSpark Names Meta as the Tenant of Its Georgia Campus
CleanSpark spent months letting the market guess who would occupy the AI campus it is building in Georgia. On September 17, the bitcoin miner ended the guessing in a set…
