AI for Elder Care Gets a Funding Boost With Sage Plans Predictive Alerts
Sage, a New York-based senior-care technology company, has raised $65 million in fresh funding to expand an AI platform designed to help staff in nursing homes and assisted living facilities respond faster when residents need help. The Series C round was led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from existing investors IVP and Goldcrest, bringing […]
Musk’s xAI to repay $3B in bonds early, fueling IPO speculation
Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence company xAI is preparing to pay back $3 billion of high-yield (“junk”) bonds early, a move that typically signals a borrower believes it can refinance more cheaply, has fresh cash available, or wants to strengthen its financial profile ahead of a major corporate milestone. Apparently,. the bonds would be redeemed at roughly […]
Treasury Cuts Off Anthropic’s Claude After Trump Order and Shifts to OpenAI
The U.S. Treasury Department is ending all use of Anthropic products—including its Claude AI platform—after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop working with the company. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the decision in a post on X on Monday, framing the move as a national-security necessity and arguing that no private company should […]
Defense Department Pressures Anthropic to Loosen AI Safeguards
The Pentagon has begun asking major defense contractors—including Lockheed Martin and Boeing—to assess how dependent they are on Anthropic’s AI services, a step that signals the Defense Department is seriously weighing whether to treat the company as a potential “supply-chain risk.” The outreach was first reported by Axios, which said the inquiries come as the […]
Trump Pushes Tech Giants to Self-Supply Electricity as AI Demand Strains The Grid
President Donald Trump says his administration has instructed major technology companies to build their own power plants to supply electricity for their fast-growing data center fleets, arguing the move is needed to prevent household utility customers from footing the bill for the AI boom. Trump made the comments during his 2026 State of the Union […]
Tech Corps: Peace Corps Recruits U.S. AI Talent to Help Communities Abroad Put AI to Work
Peace Corps announced a new initiative called Tech Corps designed to recruit, train, and deploy skilled Americans to support the adoption of artificial intelligence in host countries. The program is aimed specifically at Peace Corps partner countries participating in the American AI Exports Program, a “whole-of-government” effort that the announcement says was introduced by Donald […]
Fifth Circuit Cracks Down on “AI Hallucinations,” Saying Lawyers Can’t Plead Ignorance Anymore
U.S. federal appeals court has sanctioned a lawyer for filing a legal brief riddled with AI-generated errors, warning that fabricated citations and “hallucinated” material in court filings remain a growing problem. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered attorney Heather Hersh to pay $2,500 after concluding she used […]
The Next Global Race AI Isn’t Just Who Discovers More, But Who Discovers Faster
Physicist Nishant Sahdev argues that the speed of scientific discovery has become a strategic asset—and that artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the “super-accelerator” that will decide which nations lead and which become dependent. Writing from Chapel Hill, he points to a recent move by the US Department of Energy: the launch of 26 “science and […]
Asian markets track Wall St lower as AI fears mount
Asian markets sank Thursday after another sell-off on Wall Street as worries over the tech sector’s colossal spending on artificial intelligence continued to dog investor sentiment. Hopes for an end-of-year rally have been dealt a blow after the Federal Reserve last week hinted that it could pause its interest rate cuts next month while more […]
McCartney to release silent AI protest song
Pop legend Paul McCartney will release a silent music track next month as part of a silent album to protest UK copyright law changes that would give exemptions to tech firms. Other artists such as Hans Zimmer and singer Kate Bush have joined the project, highlighting what they say are the dangers artificial intelligence (AI) […]
