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The Wall Street Journal reports that Anthropic is “likely to tell investors its potential revenue opportunities are above $30 trillion” — topping SpaceX’s fever dream of a mere $28.5 trillion. It would be funny only if we were talking about Monopoly money. [Link: Anthropic Expected to Tell Investors It Sees Over $30 Trillion in Potential Revenue | https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-expected-to-tell-investors-it-sees-over-30-trillion-in-potential-revenue-a611efea?mod=e2tw | The Wall Street Journal]
“We believe AI will improve nearly every part of our business by making shopping better and our associates’ work easier."
Iran isn’t waiting for this war to end before it looks for the next vulnerability, and neither should we.
Unlike the computer-controlling AI tool Perplexity launched earlier this year, the Portable Computer feature runs AI models fully locally and will ask for permission if it needs to access the cloud “for more advanced research and reasoning.” It will be available on Nvidia’s DGX Spark first, before rolling out to PCs with compatible Nvidia RTX GPUs. [Link: Introducing Portable Computer for local-first AI | https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-portable-computer-for-local-first-ai | Perplexity]
Former White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks warned that proposed AI safety standards could evolve into regulations that disadvantage open models, while...
Cloud customer granted option on up to 50.81 million RUM Group shares as multi-phase GPU contract is confirmed.
Buyers of AI services are struggling to control costs and sellers are not sure how much to charge.
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they’ve been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments.
Researchers have announced synthetic viruses designed by artificial intelligence.
Lica co-founders are going to work on Gamma's new research team.
The Spirit Airlines deal points to AI companies’ growing ambitions to automate white-collar work.
Tested on SemiAnalysis’ InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the art.
The AI boom demands 130,000 additional skilled trades workers by 2030, creating massive opportunities for electricians, plumbers and HVAC technicians.
Jalapeno chip will let OpenAI customers choose models that offer lower cost or faster answers
OpenAI has released the performance benchmarks for its new Jalapeño AI chip, finding that the processor can complete tasks more efficiently and return responses faster than other AI systems.
Along with a financial research agent, Google says its new AI legal tool can help law firms draft legal briefs, manage upcoming regulations, and verify citations — something that’s become a big problem as more lawyers adopt AI. [Link: Google Cloud Launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal | https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2026-08-25-Google-Cloud-Launches-Gemini-Enterprise-for-Legal | Google Cloud Press Corner]
AI data centers are reviving small towns like Ellendale, N.D., bringing jobs, tax revenue and lower electricity bills to communities left behind.
