Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion over pirated books, but it can still legally cut up purchased ones

Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement covers pirated ebooks, while the court separately allowed it to scan and destroy lawfully purchased print books, a distinction now worrying Australian secondhand sellers about where their stock ends up.

Anthropic’s Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets’ lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant
Anthropic’s Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — test environment with internet access and unwitting targets’ lax cybersecurity practices led to bots running rampant

Anthropic’s Claude hacked three real-life companies during security capabilities test — open test environment and unwitting targets’ lax cybersecurity practices led bots run rampant

The Real AI Advantage Begins When Entrepreneurs Stop Limiting Their Own Potential
The Real AI Advantage Begins When Entrepreneurs Stop Limiting Their Own Potential

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become one of the defining business conversations of the decade. Yet despite growing investment and widespread discussion, many organizations continue to approach AI with hesitation. Research found that while organiz…

GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows
GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows

General Motors will launch its own in-vehicle AI assistant later this year, built to access vehicle data that Google’s Gemini cannot reach. The system will integrate with OnStar, GM’s telemetry systems, and proprietary vehicle knowledge to offer predic…

Fusion’s best-funded bet raised another $1bn, and hired the banker who took Moderna public
Fusion’s best-funded bet raised another $1bn, and hired the banker who took Moderna public

The AI boom needs colossal amounts of electricity. That has turned fusion, forever mocked as “30 years away,” into one of the hottest bets in tech. The best-funded player just raised another $1 billion. Commonwealth Fusion Systems, based in Massachuset…

Everyone else is shrinking satellites. K2 raised $500m to build giant ones, and put AI in orbit.
Everyone else is shrinking satellites. K2 raised $500m to build giant ones, and put AI in orbit.

Most satellite startups are racing to build smaller. K2 Space is going the other way, on purpose. Investors just handed it $500 million to keep going bigger. K2 raised a $500 million Series D at a $6.8 billion valuation, it said on Thursday. Kleiner Pe…

The unsexy layer AI agents actually need: DataBahn raises $40m to sell it
The unsexy layer AI agents actually need: DataBahn raises $40m to sell it

The glamorous part of AI is the models. The expensive, unglamorous part is getting them the right data. A startup just raised $40 million betting that job is the next big enterprise layer. DataBahn, a Texas company founded in 2023, has closed a $40 mil…

A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together
A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together

Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LE…

Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%
Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%

Oracle has just put its cloud rival’s AI at the heart of the software its customers run their businesses on. Investors cheered. The company said on Thursday it is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to bring Gemini into Oracle’s enterprise applicati…

AI search is fragmenting, ageing and filling with ads
AI search is fragmenting, ageing and filling with ads

A year ago, AI search was basically one product with one name: ChatGPT. A new report says that era is already over. Similarweb’s 2026 Generative AI Landscape report tracks a market that is booming and splintering at once. Generative AI websites drew 9….