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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has now pushed back against the criticism of his company’s deal with the US Department of War. Altman insisted that the agreement includes stronger safety guardrails than those Anthropic refused to accept before being backlisted. In a blog post published on Saturday (February 28), OpenAI shared excerpts of its contract language,…
Image credit: X (Twitter) Cognizant‘s chief AI officer, Babak Hodjat, has described concerns that artificial intelligence will disrupt IT services companies as “overblown.” This comes after Anthropic’s Claude AI tools wiped out more than a trillion dollars from the stock market. Speaking to Reuters, Hodjat said enterprises still require significant support to deploy, integrate, and…
Markets were rattled after a report projected a 2028 worldwide intelligence crisis, claiming AI would decimate professional roles and spark economic freefall, leading to a steep drop in IBM’s share price. Yet many specialists dispute this doomsday timeline, arguing that AI’s impact will unfold more gradually, with outcomes depending significantly on how policymakers manage labor,…
IBM shares suffered their worst single-day drop in over 25 years on Monday, February 23 after AI startup Anthropic announced that its Claude Code tool can automate the modernisation of COBOL—the decades-old programming language that sits at the heart of IBM’s mainframe business. The stock fell 13.2% to close at $223.35, wiping roughly $40 billion…
CrowdStrike’s CEO George Kurtz countered fears of AI disruption after Anthropic’s new tool impacted cybersecurity stocks. He revealed that Anthropic’s own AI, Claude, stated it couldn’t replace CrowdStrike’s complex platform. Analysts suggest the market overreacted, as the AI tool lacks real-time threat detection capabilities, a core function of companies like CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz…
Borsi Cherny, a leading engineer at Anthropic has now issued a stark warning about the future of internet-based work. According to a report by Benzinga, speaking on Lenny’s Podcast, Cherny predicted that advanced AI agents will soon expand into nearly every type of computer-based job, from software engineering to product management and design. “It’s going…
Anthropic’s new AI tool, Claude Code Security, scans for code vulnerabilities, prompting a multi-billion dollar stock market crash in the cybersecurity sector. While existing scanners use pattern matching, this AI reasons like a human researcher, identifying complex flaws. Despite its research preview status and human oversight requirement for fixes, the market reacted sharply to the…
Cybersecurity stocks took a beating on Friday after Anthropic unveiled Claude Code Security—a new AI-powered tool that scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests patches, all built into its Claude Code platform on the web. The announcement sent shockwaves through a sector already bruised by months of AI-driven disruption fears.The damage was swift and broad-based. CrowdStrike,…
From Silicon Valley startups to frontier AI labs and global policy platforms, alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi are increasingly visible in roles that shape how artificial intelligence is built, deployed and governed. Leaders such as Madhav Jha and Irina Ghose reflect a broader pattern. IIT BHU graduates are influencing AI across product…
Anthropic’s AI, Claude Code, now generates nearly all internal code, prompting questions about its 100+ open engineering roles. Executives clarify human engineers are crucial for prompting, customer interaction, and strategic decisions. This shift elevates engineers to focus on system design and product direction, with AI handling repetitive coding tasks. The trend signifies a significant evolution…
