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Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’

Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued.

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FBI, cybersecurity firms say a prolific hacking crew is now targeting airlines and the transportation sector

The fresh wave of attacks targeting airlines comes soon after the hackers hit the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry.

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As job losses loom, Anthropic launches program to track AI’s economic fallout

As warnings mount about AI’s potential to displace millions of jobs, Anthropic on Friday launched a its Economic Futures Program, new initiative to support research and policy development that addresses AI’s economic impacts.

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YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS

Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development … Continue reading

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Meta is offering multi-million pay for AI researchers, but not $100M ‘signing bonuses’

Meta is offering multi-million pay packages to AI researchers. But no one is really getting an $100 million “signing bonus.”

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Prolific cybercrime gang now targeting airlines and the transportation sector

The fresh wave of attacks targeting airlines comes soon after the hackers hit the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry.

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Congress might block state AI laws for a decade. Here’s what it means.

A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill ahead … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Mobility: The Tesla robotaxi Rorschach test and Redwood’s next big act

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility!

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Startups Weekly: Tech and the law

Here are the startup stories and funding rounds that caught our eye over the last few days, which have been quite busy.

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SpaceX’s Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse

A crane collapsed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility this week, and the company’s newly-formed city won’t say if anyone was hurt. On June 23, a crane being used to clean up debris from the most recent SpaceX rocket explosion … Continue reading

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