Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei in 2021, will continue using Google’s cloud services along with Amazon’s infrastructure. The UK Competition and Markets Authority reviewed Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic earlier this year and ultimately determined it did not have jurisdiction to investigate further, clearing the way for the partnership to continue.… Read More »
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to AI development. The company differentiates itself from competitors like OpenAI by adopting what it calls responsible development practices and self-imposed ethical constraints on its models, such as its “Constitutional AI”… Read More »
Lots of pointing at clouds AWS made data transfer out of AWS free for customers who were moving off their servers in March, spurred in part by European regulations. Trade publications are full of trend stories about rising cloud costs and explainers on why companies are repatriating. Stories of major players’ cloud reversals, like that… Read More »
The design is meant to run at high temperatures and extract heat from the reactor using helium, which is used to boil water and generate electricity. Each reactor can produce 80 megawatts of electricity, and the reactors are designed to work efficiently as a set of four, creating a 320 MW power plant. As of… Read More »
Amazon MGM Studios is working on a limited series adaptation of the book A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii. The series follows the lead up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, according to a report from Variety. What do we know about the A Day of Fire limited series? The series will be… Read More »
reader comments 29 After acquiring VMware, Broadcom swiftly enacted widespread changes that resulted in strong public backlash. A new survey of 300 director-level IT workers at companies that are customers of North American VMware provides insight into the customer reaction to Broadcom’s overhaul. The survey released Thursday doesn’t provide feedback from every VMware customer, but… Read More »
Enlarge / Be careful with the buckets you put out there for anybody to fill. Getty Images reader comments 79 If you’re using Amazon Web Services and your S3 storage bucket can be reached from the open web, you’d do well not to pick a generic name for that space. Avoid “example,” skip “change_me,” don’t… Read More »
reader comments 28 On Friday, the US Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board that consists of 22 members pulled from the tech industry, government, academia, and civil rights organizations. But given the nebulous nature of the term “AI,” which can apply to a broad spectrum of… Read More »
The screenwriter of the original Road House is suing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Amazon Studios for copyright infringement. R. Lance Hill (who writes under the pen name David Lee Henry) is accusing Amazon of ignoring the fact that he reclaimed the rights for his 1986 screenplay of the original film for their remake. Hill claims that… Read More »
The first official The Boys Season 4 teaser trailer is here, giving fans their first look at the highly anticipated fourth season of the Prime Video series. The new trailer shows some of the action-packed moments the fourth season promises, including a look at Homelander and William “Billy” Butcher. We also get some footage of… Read More »