A Chinese hacker used AI to attack more than 100 companies
Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.
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Anthropic pledges ‘heavy’ investment in Australia but asks for copyright compromise
As it heads towards a US$2 trillion IPO, AI titan Anthropic told Parliament it has accepted a broad copyright exemption is not on the table – but calls for a more narrow concession. AI giant Anthropic told a Parliamentary Committee that it will invest in large data centre projects in Australia, but called for the […]
‘Ridiculous’ AI extinction fears are a cybersecurity investment opportunity, says Cathie Wood
Cathie Wood, one of the world’s most famous tech investors, told Australian media that an Anthropic researcher’s warning AI could lead to humanity’s extinction is “ridiculous.” But there is investment opportunity amid the fear generated, she says.
Dario Amodei says AI industry ‘lied’ about technology’s risks
Amodei made the remarks on CBS Sunday Morning, one day after calling for AI companies to slow down their frontier research.
Meta offered this Australian $1.5 billion. Now he’s joining Anthropic.
Australian engineer Andrew Tulloch joined Meta last year after founding Thinking Machines Lab with OpenAI’s former CTO. He starts at Anthropic next week.
Anthropic says it blocked possible biological weapons undertaking
Anthropic believes the blocked research into biological weapons was suspicious because it was intended to be carried out at a military research institute.
Australian AI lab caps $10 million pre-seed raise to run in global AI race
Metacognition AI raised $10 million from Main Sequence in a round ten times the size of Australia’s pre-seed average.
‘10% chance’ AI could ‘kill all humans’ by next decade, Anthropic researcher warns
The warnings come amid a push by some AI executives for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.
Anthropic overtakes SpaceX in betting odds for 2026’s biggest IPO
Anthropic is expected to make an initial public offering as soon as October, with reports indicating its valuation could range between $1 trillion and $2 trillion.
AI companies are buying—and destroying—antique books. Here’s why.
Millions of physical books are being scanned to train AI models. They’re then dumped in the trash.