The recent uproar surrounding Anthropic’s Claude 4 Opus model – specifically, its tested ability to proactively notify authorities and the media if it suspected nefarious user activity – is sending a cautionary ripple through the enterprise AI landscape. While Anthropic clarified this behavior emerged under specific test conditions, the incident has raised questions for technical…
In the past couple of years as AI systems have become more capable of not just generating text, but taking actions, making decisions and integrating with enterprise systems, they have come with additional complexities. Each AI model has its own proprietary way of interfacing…
A top central banker warns crypto’s accelerating fusion with traditional finance could unleash market turmoil, damage trust in banks, and jeopardize control over sovereign monetary systems.
Central Banker Cautions: Misunderstood Crypto May Trigger Market Fallout
Bank of…
Two New York Police Department detectives (NYPD)are under investigation for their alleged involvement in the captivity of an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur.
Unapproved Security Services
Two New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives who reportedly provided security at a luxury apartment where an Italian cryptocurrency entrepreneur was held captive are under investigation. Detectives Roberto…
The Agricultural Bank of Russia is considering crypto-based tools as an alternative to traditional settlement methods for exporting over 49.5 million tonnes of grain. This measure could open the agricultural commodities market to digital assets, pioneering this use…
Hyundai's first three-row electric SUV is here as IONIQ 9 deliveries kick off across the US
June 2, 2025
Hyundai handed over one of the first IONIQ 9 models to customers in the US on Friday, marking the start of deliveries for its new three-row electric SUV.
Hyundai IONIQ 9 deliveries are now underway in the US
Just over two months after the first models rolled off the assembly…
Hyundai vehicles are about to get more expensive with price hikes expected across its lineup
June 2, 2025
Another automaker is preparing to raise vehicle prices in the US. As soon as next week, Hyundai is expected to hike prices across its entire lineup.
Is Hyundai raising vehicle prices in the US?
Hyundai is coming off its seventh straight month with record sales in the US, led by its growing lineup of electrified vehicles.
In April, the company launched its Customer Assurance program, locking in…
For years, Tesla Powerwall has been the go-to recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first home solar and battery backup solutions. Its CEO’s recent involvement in controversial politics, however, means that people are…
DeepSeek R1-0528 arrives in powerful open source challenge to OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
May 30, 2025
The whale has returned.
After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release of its hit open source reasoning AI model R1, the Chinese startup DeepSeek — a spinoff of formerly only locally well-known Hong Kong quantitative…
New York-based AI startup Hume has unveiled its latest Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) conversational AI model, EVI 3 (pronounced “Evee” Three, like the Pokémon character), targeting everything from powering customer support systems and health coaching to immersive storytelling and virtual companionship.
EVI 3 lets users create their own voices by talking to the model (it’s…
