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New AI world: Fear of the unknown meets fear of missing out

New AI world: Fear of the unknown meets fear of missing out

Businesses across the country face the brave new world of artificial intelligence (AI). AI brings promises of revolutionary innovations and productivity gains, but also stirs worries about job losses, deep fakes and a dystopian future dominated by robots and autonomous machines. “There’s a lot of fear of the unknown,

SpaceX files to go public, paving way for record stock offering

SpaceX files to go public, paving way for record stock offering

Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed papers with US regulators that set the stage for what could be the largest-ever public stock offering, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Wednesday. The confidential filing puts the rocket and satellite builder on track to list its shares

Anthropic releases part of AI tool source code in 'error'

Anthropic releases part of AI tool source code in 'error'

Anthropic accidentally released part of the internal source code for its AI-powered coding assistant Claude Code due to "human error," the company said Tuesday. An internal-use file mistakenly included in a software update pointed to an archive containing nearly 2,000 files and 500,000 lines

AI giant Anthropic says 'exploring' Australia data centre investments

AI giant Anthropic says 'exploring' Australia data centre investments

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is eyeing data centre investments in Australia, saying Wednesday the nation was a "natural partner" for work in the booming sector. With immense renewable energy potential and vast stretches of uninhabited land, Australia has touted itself as a prime location for the power-hungry

OpenAI raises $122 billion in boosted funding round

OpenAI raises $122 billion in boosted funding round

OpenAI on Tuesday said that the startup was valued at $852 billion in a freshly closed funding round that raised $122 billion. The eye-watering level of funding came in higher than originally projected, reflecting the surging costs of computing power and arriving amid lingering questions about whether OpenAI and

School district to ask Helena voters to approve $2.4M in tech, operational levies

Helena voters in May will have to decide whether to increase their taxes again to send about $3.4 million to Helena Public Schools after the school board recently unanimously approved three mill levies for the upcoming schools election. The bulk of the money — $2.4 million — that would come

AI agent future is coming, OpenClaw creator tells AFP

AI agent future is coming, OpenClaw creator tells AFP

Peter Steinberger's artificial intelligence agent tool OpenClaw has taken the tech world by storm with its ability to execute real-life tasks such as checking him in for his flight to Tokyo. AI is not yet a ubiquitous personal assistant for ordinary people, but "you'll