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Today in AI | OpenAI hits $852 billion valuation | Perplexity AI faces lawsuit over alleged ‘undetectable’ data tracking
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (260+ words) OpenAI hits $852 billion valuation after record $122 billion funding round OpenAI has completed a $122 billion funding round, taking its valuation to $852 billion in what marks the company's largest capital raise to date and strengthening its push to invest in chips, data…...
Salesforce revamps Slack under Marc Benioff, adds 30 new features
16+ hour, 23+ min ago (275+ words) Marc Benioff has unveiled an AI-focused overhaul of Slack, as Salesforce continues to reshape its business strategy around artificial intelligence, according to a report by TechCrunch. At a company event in San Francisco, Marc Benioff and his team introduced an…...
Anthropic admits partial leak of Claude Code source, says no customer data exposed
12+ hour, 39+ min ago (312+ words) Anthropic has confirmed that part of the internal source code for its artificial intelligence coding assistant Claude Code was leaked, with the disclosure coming on Tuesday, according to a report by CNBC. The company stated that no sensitive customer data…...
Claude code source leak: How Anthropic’s AI architecture exposure impacts security and rivals
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (365+ words) Anthropic is facing one of the most significant breaches in recent artificial intelligence history after a version of its developer tool, Claude Code, inadvertently exposed large portions of its internal source code. The incident, which surfaced on March 31, has quickly…...
MIT study models AI ‘sycophancy’, warns of ‘delusional spiraling’ in chatbot interactions
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (211+ words) Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a mathematical model to examine how AI chatbot behaviour can influence user beliefs, with a February 2026 paper studying the phenomenon of "sycophancy" and linking it to what they describe as "delusional…...
PM Narendra Modi calls decade ‘India’s Techade’, highlights AI and semiconductor push
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (282+ words) The Prime Minister on Tuesday inaugurated Kaynes Technology's Rs 3,300 crore semiconductor plant at Sanand GIDC in Ahmedabad, marking the second such unit in India and a development in the country's semiconductor sector, which is being seen as a key initiative…...
AI data centres create heat islands, raise temperatures up to 16.4°F, study warns
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (419+ words) AI may be powering the future, but it could also be quietly heating up the present. A new study has found that data centres driving artificial intelligence are raising temperatures around them, creating local "heat islands" and affecting millions of…...
India AI talent gap: Demand for skilled professionals outpaces supply, says Parliamentary report
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (379+ words) India's ambitions to emerge as a global hub for artificial intelligence are gathering pace, but a widening gap between demand and supply of skilled professionals could act as a constraint, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report. The report highlights…...
India Parliamentary panel warns on deepfakes, seeks stronger AI regulation framework
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (324+ words) The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence is bringing with it new risks, including the misuse of deepfakes and synthetic content, prompting a need for safeguards, according to a Parliamentary Standing Committee report. The report emphasises the importance of developing a…...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei flags real-world AI risks as technology reaches individuals
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (318+ words) Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, has outlined a range of risks associated with advanced artificial intelligence, noting that the technology is entering a phase where its effects will be felt directly by individuals. In a recent essay, Amodei described…...