White House drafts guidance to bypass Anthropic’s risk flag for new AI models, Axios reports

April 29, 2026 10:33 PM

White House drafts guidance to bypass Anthropic’s risk flag for new AI models, Axios reports

The White House is developing guidance that could allow federal agencies to sidestep Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation and onboard new artificial intelligence models, including Mythos, Axios reported on Tuesday. A draft executive action under consideration could provide the Trump administration with a pathway to de‑escalate its dispute with Anthropic, Axios reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Anthropic declined to c...

Energy and chips anchor India’s five-layer AI mission: Ashwini Vaishnaw

January 22, 2026 11:15 AM

Energy and chips anchor India’s five-layer AI mission: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday outlined the five-layer structure that underpins India’s artificial intelligence mission, saying global industry leaders are taking note of the country’s methodical approach. Speaking during an ongoing global summit, Vaishnaw said India is building AI capabilities across the entire value chain. He explained that the framework begins with the application layer, which focuses on real-world use cases, followed by the model layer that develops AI sys...

Tesla to streamline its AI chip design work, Musk says

August 8, 2025 3:20 PM

Tesla to streamline its AI chip design work, Musk says

Tesla will streamline its AI chip research to focus on its development of inference chips used to run AI models and make real-time decisions, CEO Elon Musk said, after a media report he had ordered the closure of the in-house Dojo supercomputer team. Bloomberg News on Thursday cited people familiar with the matter as saying Musk had ordered the Dojo team to be disbanded, with team leader Peter Bannon departing the company. Tesla did not reply to a Reuters request for comment. The Dojo superco...

Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify

February 6, 2025 11:57 AM

Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify

Alphabet's Google on Wednesday announced updates to its Gemini family of large language models, including a new product line with competitive pricing to low-cost artificial intelligence models like that of Chinese rival DeepSeek. The tech giant offers several versions of Gemini that vary in price and performance. It already offered a lightweight variant known as "Flash" but its new "Flash-Lite" model is even cheaper. On Wednesday, Google released Gemini 2.0 Flash to the general public after pr...

If your AI seems smarter, it’s thanks to smarter human trainers

September 28, 2024 4:17 PM

If your AI seems smarter, it’s thanks to smarter human trainers

In the early years, getting AI models like ChatGPT or its rival Cohere to spit out human-like responses required vast teams of low-cost workers helping models distinguish basic facts such as if an image was of a car or a carrot. But more sophisticated updates to AI models in the fiercely competitive arena are now demanding a rapidly expanding network of human trainers who have specialized knowledge -- from historians to scientists, some with doctorate degrees. "A year ago, we could get away wi...