Top AI labs expand research into machine ‘consciousness’

Anthropic, the firm behind AI assistant Claude, submitted a confidential filing to go public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The firm, valued at close to a trillion dollars, could make its market debut by the end of the year as it sees a surge in interest for its range of AI products. Also in this edition: as France welcomes new data centre investments, we see what's driving that interest and what impact it could have on local communities.

Claude Opus 4.5 turned Claude Code into a must-have tool for developers, giving Anthropic a powerful opening inside large enterprises.

Anthropic has submitted a confidential draft registration statement to the SEC for a proposed initial public offering, less than a week after closing a $65 billion Series H round that pushed its valuation to $965 billion. The filing marks a dramatic arc for the company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees and long considered […]

Breach confirmed by Meta raises concerns about how safe it is to rely on AI for key security measures such as passwords Hackers used Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to infiltrate high-profile Instagram accounts, the company confirmed on Monday, saying it had resolved the problem after researchers exposed it. The targets ranged from Barack Obama’s White House account to Sephora and the US Space Force Chief Master Sergeant, according to reporting from 404 Media. Everyday users complained of similar hijackings on Reddit and X over the weekend. Continue reading...

The IPO reflects the vendor’s accomplishments, even with its responsible AI stance.

Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.

Anthropic's potential trillion-dollar IPO highlights the escalating valuation race in AI, raising stakes for profitability and market competition. The post Anthropic files for public stock sale, eyes trillion-dollar debut appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Meta's AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta's chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else's profile and then reset the password. The issue, which Meta says has since been patched, cropped up around the same time Barack Obama's White House account on Instagram was hacked. On Sunday, users noticed that the @obamawhitehouse account began posting images containing Iranian propaganda. Hackers appeared to have hijacked the Instagram accounts belonging to the US Space Force Chief Ma … Read the full story at The Verge.