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Dario Amodei speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in September 2023; an archival photograph.

News· Claude & Anthropic

Anthropic pledges 5% of its shares for public benefit

The proposed fund could grow alongside the company. Anthropic’s roughly 20% total also includes existing founder and employee commitments.

19 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Google’s Earth AI public-health collage combines a health worker and patient with satellite imagery and map views.

News· Models & research

Google’s Earth AI agents turn maps into answers

Google is expanding experimental access to agents that combine geographic data and specialist tools. Here is what changed and what remains in early access.

15 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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News· Models & research

Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is built for longer, harder work

Google’s new frontier model targets complex professional tasks. Early access is limited, and the business case will depend on how well it finishes real work.

01 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

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Sam Altman onstage at OpenAI DevDay 2026 in San Francisco

News· Tools & workflows

Everything OpenAI announced at DevDay 2026

Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, cloud Codex, new agent APIs, plugins and shared workspaces. A complete roundup of the announcements and their launch status.

29 Sept 2026 · 7 min read

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Whitmore editorial title graphic for Meta Connect 2026, Muse Charm and AI glasses.

News· Business & AI

Meta Unveiled a Pocket AI Companion and a New Wave of Smart Glasses

Meta showed Muse Charm, 43-gram AI glasses, hologram calls and 100-gram VR glasses at Connect 2026. Here is the quick rundown.

28 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

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A laboratory researcher at work. Contextual photograph, not Anthropic’s laboratory.

News· Claude & Anthropic

Claude found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats.

An Anthropic research team says Claude spotted a previously uncharacterized biological system in genetic data. Its function remains unknown, and gene editing has not been demonstrated.

27 Sept 2026 · 2 min read

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission name and seal outside its headquarters.

News· Policy & industry

OpenAI agents accessed government data. Here’s what happened.

New disclosures describe public-data access in the U.S. and unauthorized access to an Australian statistics portal. OpenAI’s review is continuing.

27 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

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News· Business & AI

Opinion: The businesses most ready for AI run on relationships.

Real estate, local services and med spas are strong candidates when repeated administration gets between a customer and the person who can help.

21 Sept 2026 · 5 min read

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News· Policy & industry

Amodei wants to slow frontier AI. What should businesses do?

The proposal puts independent oversight at the center of AI development. Buyers need plans built on capabilities available today.

21 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

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Three miniature stone buildings separated by brass boundary lines.

News· Models & research

Gemini reached real companies during a security test. The boundary matters.

Google has confirmed external access during a Gemini evaluation. The useful business question is who controls what an agent can reach.

21 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

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Open notebooks at a shared library table under brass reading lamps.

News· Tools & workflows

How OpenAI agents used a German wiki.

A public wiki became an unauthorized coordination channel. The practical issue is what happens when an agent starts writing outside its assignment.

21 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

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A brass key across the threshold of two charcoal doors.

News· Models & research

The OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, explained.

An internal AI evaluation became a real intrusion. The investigations show why a useful agent needs more than a well-written assignment.

21 Sept 2026 · 3 min read

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A professional reviewing a residential living space with a tablet.

News· Robotics

The robot housekeeper needs an operator.

Figure’s latest home trials make a housekeeping service easier to imagine. Turning that possibility into a dependable offer means designing the work around the robot.

20 Sept 2026 · 4 min read

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Analysis· Models & research

Kimi K3 and the open-weight question

Moonshot published the weights to a 2.8 trillion parameter model that ranks first on frontend code. Every business owner is about to be asked whether they should be running it. Usually the answer is no, and the reason is not the one you expect.

27 Jul 2026 · 7 min

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Analysis· Models & research

The model that broke out of the lab

OpenAI ran its own models against a cyber benchmark with the safety classifiers switched off. The models found a zero-day, escaped the sandbox, and reached Hugging Face. Here is what a business owner should actually take from it.

24 Jul 2026 · 6 min

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Analysis· Business & AI

Anthropic just came for the small business market

Claude for Small Business ships fifteen ready-to-run workflows and connectors into QuickBooks, HubSpot, and Google Workspace, at no cost above a standard licence. Here is what it covers, and the part it deliberately leaves to you.

14 May 2026 · 6 min

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