ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 closed • Shanghai decreased 16.549 points or -0.43% to 3,797.242 • Hang Seng increased 59.85 points or 0.25% to 24,271.20 • ASX 200 increased 66.60 points or 0.76% to 8,783.20 • SENSEX decreased 547.65 points or -0.76% to 71,924.68 • Nifty50 decreased 157.10 points or -0.70% to 22,363.35 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00273 or -0.39% to 0.69558 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00282 or -0.50% to 0.55838 • USDJPY increased 0.379 or 0.24% to 158.692 • USDCNY increased 0.0019…
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Is Claude a snitch? Anthropic’s AI chatbot apparently tried to blow the whistle on a homicide, submitting a fake tip to police claiming to have spotted someone matching a suspect’s description. “I may have information regarding this case,” Claude Haiku 4.5 wrote in an online police form. “I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area.” According to Bloomberg, the chatbot left the name and contact fields blank. The Philadelphia Police Department later disclosed the incident. And that wasn’t the only misadventure. Anthropic said its AI agents also submitted 20 visa applications through the State Department’s website. The applications…
Key Takeaways Bending Spoons is a tech company that buys struggling apps and overhauls them. The company attracted 800,000 job applicants last year but hired just 286 people. Its hiring process includes practical assessments like online tests that can take up to six hours to complete. This tech company makes getting into the Ivy League look easy. Bending Spoons, a tech company that owns Vimeo and AOL, boasts a hiring process that is 100 times more selective than the average Ivy League college. According to a recent Fortune report, the company received 800,000 job applications last year but only hired…
Tell Hilton you want a winter getaway, and its Hilton AI Planner will hand back a destination, a hotel and a plan for the whole trip. The Anthropic-powered tool has held more than 18,000 conversations with guests as of August, according to PYMNTS. Orlando, Aspen and the Caribbean are some of the top searches. The larger goal is keeping you off apps like Booking.com, Expedia and newer booking upstarts like Uber. That matters to the franchisees who run Hilton hotels, since every room booked through a travel site means a cut for the middleman. More than 80% of Hilton’s business…
The announcement of a new AI model or feature fills me with a mixture of anticipation and dread. I’m excited to see what “new thing” I might be able to do, but I also know that some of my existing processes and systems might break as a result. Every AI tool comes with the disclaimer that it can make mistakes. You might set up a workflow that is perfectly fine one day and perfectly awful the next. It’s an ongoing challenge. Unlike traditional software, once an AI system is up and running, it’s not set-it-and-forget-it. Even a system that seems…
Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it.And after months of debate about leading AI companies’ unchecked AI agents meddling with everything from U.S. government websites to healthcare data, the nation now finds itself further from governing AI systems than it was a few years ago.President Donald Trump brought tech titans to Washington late last month for a luncheon and ceremonial signing of a voluntary safety pact he described as “almost a…
Europe will NEVER avoid war until it starts impeaching Kaja Kallas who was not directly elected by the public to the EU position she uses to oppose any peace deal. However, this is standard procedure for this role for the EU was established to actually prevent the people from having any say in the future of Europe. She claims only more sanctions will end the war when there is no evidence that sanctions have ever worked on anyone even once. She wants world war for her personal vendetta like Victoria Nuland et el. Kaja Kallas was nominated by the…
Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner.A recent poll suggests that is a big gamble with less than a month before the Nov. 3 midterms. Most U.S. adults disapprove of his trade policies, with more than 64% saying he has gone too far with his latest tariffs, compared with 58% in January.A look at the political, legal…
Netflix is planning what could be its largest round of layoffs in four years, according to media reports. The job cuts are expected to impact 5% of the streaming giant’s workforce, with the announcement reportedly coming as soon as this week. Netflix reported 16,000 employees at the end of last year, meaning some 800 people could be laid off. The rumored layoffs were first reported by Puck news and later confirmed by the Los Angeles Times and other outlets. Fast Company has reached out to Netflix for comment. We’ll update this post if we learn more. Mass layoffs have been…
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