Anthropic pledges 5% of stock to charity, but the gift hinges on AI boom
The AI giant's philanthropic fund is real, but its value is a bet on the sector's staying power.

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The AI giant's philanthropic fund is real, but its value is a bet on the sector's staying power.
New research links a modest daily walk to less tau buildup and nearly half the cognitive and functional decline, even for those with early signs.
The Atlassian cofounder is rolling out a protocol that makes AI agents visible, governed team members, and keeps accountability with the human user.
The AI company is locking a slice of its value to social causes before a potential November IPO, with roughly 20% of shares now pledged to the public good.
A Savannah officer's shared credential let an ICE agent run hundreds of plate searches on Hispanic drivers, exposing a surveillance backdoor.
The chip giant's deal with Apollo, BlackRock, and KKR signals that capital markets, not engineering, now decide who builds AI.
The AI buildout is running on borrowed money, and the question of who's on the hook is getting louder. Here's what a crash would mean for companies, lenders, and taxpayers.
The former president's intervention raises the stakes in a federal probe into immigration paperwork that has put a prominent progressive lawmaker in the crosshairs.
Alan Milburn's call for welfare cuts to fund employment support opens a Labour fight over benefits and the Neet crisis.
The demonstration shows self-replicating AI can run on ordinary devices, with Anthropic warning the threat becomes practical by year-end.
The anchor tenant's exit leaves Nscale's flagship Essex project in doubt and signals how grid constraints are reshaping AI infrastructure deals.
Woodside's Scarborough gas project is frozen mid-start-up after activists boarded the platform, a disruption with cost and reputational ripple effects for LNG operators.