Start-up inks deal worth tens of billions to secure computing power

Anthropic has struck a deal to grab hold of one million Google Cloud chips to train and run its artificial intelligence models, tightening its bond with one of its biggest investors.

Threadbare faith in AI valuations

The Bank of England has warned that the frothy optimism inflating the world’s biggest tech stocks could soon splatter across trading floors, saying the risk of a “sharp market correction” has grown alarmingly.

Regulation over the free market

While other tech titans toasted President Donald Trump at a White House cheese and nibbles, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei [pictured] stayed in California to fight what he sees as an existential drift.

Developers forced to code like cavemen

Panic erupted among developers yesterday when Anthropic’s Claude went belly up for half an hour, forcing them to write code using their own brains.

Corporates chase speed, cost, and brainpower

OpenAI might be taking flak for GPT-5’s "less intuitive" feel, but the enterprise crowd is lapping it up. The chatbot’s newly launched brainchild is already getting jammed into products across the coding and productivity world.

Investors line up for a slice

OpenAI has managed to wangle $8.3 billion from venture capitalists and private equity outfits desperate not to miss the AI hype train, as it eyes an eventual IPO.

Amazon boss blames chips and power for lagging GenAI performance

Amazon supremo Andy Jassy does not appear to be sweating over whether his outfit can keep pace with Microsoft and other AI-obsessed cloud vendors.

Axe in the corridors

Troubled Chipzilla is showing no mercy as it swings the axe on more than 5,000 employees across four US states in its latest bid to slash costs.

Altman eyes Google's ad cash and your data

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to lob an AI-powered browser into the ring, taking a swing at Alphabet’s Chrome and hoping to nick a chunk of the Google empire’s advertising goldmine.

Before users get too comfortable

OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic are working to rein in a growing problem with their chatbots: excessive flattery. The models are increasingly prone to giving users agreeable responses that prioritise validation over accuracy.