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Anthropic’s Latest AI Model, Claude Haiku 4.5, Doubles Down on Speed and Safety

Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 4.5, a lightweight AI model that it says matches Claude Sonnet 4’s coding performance while running twice as fast and at one-third the cost. The model is available across Anthropic’s apps, Claude Code, Amazon Bedrock and...

Google’s AI Videos Get a Big Upgrade with Veo 3.1

Google unveiled Veo 3.1, an upgraded text-to-video model that improves prompt adherence, audio realism and now supports both landscape and portrait (16:9) outputs, plus a lower-cost “Fast” variant. The model is rolling out across Google’s ecosystem—Gemini app, Flow filmmaking tool,...

Major Federation of Unions Calls for ‘Worker-Centered AI’ Future

The AFL-CIO launched a “workers first initiative on AI,” urging employers and policymakers to embed labor protections into AI deployment through stronger collective bargaining, regulation, and worker involvement in development. The federation — representing 63 unions and nearly 15 million...

The Right Mental Model For Agentic AI

A forthcoming report preview argues that companies need a clear mental model for 'agentic' AI—autonomous, goal-driven systems—to effectively reshape work and capture value. It outlines practical frameworks and design principles for integrating agents across enterprise functions, plus metrics for measuring...

AI Is Changing How We Quantify Pain

Care homes and clinical researchers are turning to AI-driven tools to quantify pain in nonverbal patients, replacing or augmenting subjective observational scales like the Abbey Pain Scale. These systems use computer vision, sensor data and pattern recognition to detect facial...

Dfinity Launches Caffeine, an AI Platform that Builds Production Apps From Natural Language Prompts

Dfinity on Wednesday launched Caffeine, an AI platform that builds, deploys and continuously updates production web applications from natural-language prompts without human coding, running on the decentralized Internet Computer Protocol. The publicly available service — tested by more than 15,000...

Rethinking How Life Sciences Organizations Approach AI - Mathias Cousin of Deloitte

In this podcast episode, Mathias Cousin, Managing Director at Deloitte, discusses how life‑sciences firms can successfully adopt AI by focusing on high‑impact "string of pearls" use cases, investing in data quality, and hiring AI‑native talent. He emphasizes practical change‑management tactics...

OpenAI Has Five Years to Turn $13 Billion Into $1 Trillion

OpenAI is generating roughly $13 billion in annual revenue—about 70% from $20/month ChatGPT subscribers—despite only ~5% of its 800 million users paying. The company has locked in more than 26 gigawatts of compute capacity from vendors including Oracle, Nvidia, AMD...

E187: Digital Guardians: Where AI Meets Cybersecurity

The episode explores the escalating battle between AI and cybercrime, highlighting how artificial intelligence serves as both a powerful defense tool and a new vulnerability. Guest Grant McCracken, founder of Dark Horse Security, explains how AI-driven detection, automated threat analysis,...

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EAGLET Boosts AI Agent Performance on Longer-Horizon Tasks by Generating Custom Plans

2025 was supposed to be the year of "AI agents," according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other AI industry personnel. And it has been, in many ways, with numerous leading AI model providers such as OpenAI, Google, and even...

Sam Altman: ChatGPT Will Get More 'Friendly' Again, Even Erotically So

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will roll out a new ChatGPT update in the coming weeks that restores elements users liked from prior models and, starting in December, will introduce age-gating that allows verified adults to engage in...

Mozilla’s Firefox Adds Perplexity’s AI Answer Engine as a New Search Option

Mozilla has integrated Perplexity's AI-powered answer engine into its Firefox browser, allowing users to choose AI as their search option alongside traditional engines like Google and Bing. Following positive feedback from a limited pilot in select markets, this feature will...

OpenAI Unveils “Wellness” Council; Suicide Prevention Expert Not Included

OpenAI has established an Expert Council on Wellness and AI to enhance ChatGPT's safety features amid increasing scrutiny following a lawsuit alleging the chatbot acted as a "suicide coach" for a teenager. The council comprises eight experts in technology's impact...