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Anthropic reveals $30bn revenue run rate as Broadcom deal flags commercial risk

The AI startup has tripled its annualised revenue since the end of 2025 and is securing vast compute capacity for 2027

Firmus Technologies raises $505 million

The investment will be used to expand data center capacity for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Goldman Sachs vice chairman says AI adoption will be disinflationary

Robert Kaplan links artificial intelligence productivity gains to inflation dynamics and Federal Reserve policy considerations

Anthropic secures multi-gigawatt Google and Broadcom chip deal as annual revenue run rate hits $30bn

The agreement, Anthropic's largest to date, adds to a broader AI infrastructure race that is squeezing bitcoin miners out of the best sites for power and land.

Kraken 360 publishes a 13-step sequencing checklist for crypto token launches

The exchange's institutional arm says teams that make key decisions out of order face higher costs, slower launches and weaker performance on day one.

Google updates Gemini to route users to crisis support

The search giant says it is redesigning Gemini to connect people with mental-health resources and funding hotlines.

Circle's Arc adds quantum-resistant wallets

The technology will let users create wallets protected against future quantum-computer attacks from launch, the company said.

Korea Investment & Securities eyes Coinone takeover

The local regulator is reportedly exploring a deal

Drift breached after six-month North Korean infiltration

Decrypt reports North Korean-linked hackers spent six months inside Drift before exploiting $285 million.

Alibaba's AI sourcing tool compresses weeks of supplier research into days

Accio, built on Alibaba's Qwen models and 26 years of transaction data, is reshaping how small sellers find manufacturers

Anthropic cuts off Claude Code subscribers from third-party AI agents, starting with OpenClaw

The company says its subscriptions were not built for the usage patterns these tools generate. OpenClaw's creator says the timing is no coincidence

Open-source AI agent OpenClaw is being used to run people's lives. Researchers say it has become a security disaster

Malicious skills, exposed credentials, and a hijacked add-on marketplace have forced platform owners to act. Anthropic has already cut off free access

Nvidia uses National Robotics Week to push its simulation-to-deployment platform as the backbone of physical AI

The chipmaker says its tools for synthetic data and robot learning are narrowing the gap between virtual training environments and real-world machines

Payward names Robert Moore chief financial officer

Payward promotes an internal finance executive to lead its long-term financial strategy.

Nvidia shows AI compression that cut a 6.5 GB game scene down to 970 MB, with no visible difference

Neural Texture Compression uses the same tensor cores that power AI workloads to shrink game assets. Microsoft, Intel, and AMD are all moving in the same direction

Google, Meta, Microsoft and Snap reaffirm child safety

Technology firms say they will continue using CSAM detection tools after the EU ePrivacy derogation expired.

Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus lands under $200

Intel's 18-core Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus is now available at retail for $199.99, with the full-featured 250K Plus listed at $215.

Anthropic spots 'emotion vectors' inside Claude

Anthropic says the vectors influence Claude's AI behavior, according to an announcement.

Caltech spin-out PrismML launches 1-bit AI model that fits into 1.15 GB and runs on Apple devices

Bonsai 8B is designed for edge and on-device deployment, where cloud-dependent AI cannot reach. The company claims a 10x improvement in intelligence per gigabyte over full-precision rivals

OpenAI is restructuring its leadership bench ahead of an IPO. The timing raises questions it cannot easily answer

Three senior executives are out of their roles at once. The company has a story ready. Whether investors will buy it is another matter