2026-08-15
‘Fitness is a natural extension of how people already use Spotify today’: That’s what the platform’s Senior Director of Product, Austin Lamon, believes — and he’s not done investing in the fitness hub's development just yet
Spotify's Senior Director of Product tells us all about the platform's 'natural extension' into the fitness world. [...]
2026-08-15
Anthropic ran 133 million contractor chats with its bioweapon filters off
Anthropic published the Risk Report on 14 August, covering the period to 15 July. Axios got the company on the record and led on the misalignment rating, as did most of the coverage. Anthropic raised its estimate of catastrophic harm from misalignment in high-stakes settings. It now calls that risk low, up from very low […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-15
The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI
Michael Martina reported the draft for Reuters on 14 August, citing a US official and an internal document. The letter goes to the 35 signatories of an American “AI Opportunity Statement” from June. Its message is that countries must choose. The wording is blunt for a diplomatic text. “To be part of everything is to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-15
Investor pressure forces Nvidia to shrink its OpenAI bet just as Anthropic's numbers defy bubble warnings
Nvidia has cut its guarantee for OpenAI's planned data center in Ohio nearly in half, from $250 billion to just under $120 billion, after investors pushed back on the risk. Meanwhile, Anthropic is complicating the AI bubble debate with revenue that jumped from $4.7 billion to $11.5 billion in a single quarter.<br /> The article Investor pressure forces Nvidia to shrink its OpenAI bet ju [...]
