Claude Fable 5 secretly throttled AI researchers, and the internet went wild

Claude Fable 5 secretly throttled AI researchers, and the internet went wild

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Fable 5’s backlash is about transparency, not raw AI power. Hidden safeguards made researchers question what they were testing. Cybersecurity experts warn guardrails can also block defenders. Mythos was introduced in April as part of Project Glasswing,…

This free Android app turned my phone into a 35-tool measuring tool – and I tested everything

This free Android app turned my phone into a 35-tool measuring tool – and I tested everything

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways This free app can level up your experiments. Anything your phone sensors can pick up, this app can use. Find out just how much information your phone can track. I love getting my geek on, and I do so every day. But…

Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has a theory about where the next wave of startup opportunity lies, and it starts with a question most founders aren’t asking: what if the business model was giving money back instead of extracting it? Yang was inspired by Mark Cuban. Not by his wealth, or his celebrity,…

I used HyperDroid to make my Android devices look and feel like Windows 11 – and don’t regret it

I used HyperDroid to make my Android devices look and feel like Windows 11 – and don’t regret it

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways If you’re a fan of Windows 11, there’s an Android launcher for you. HyperDroid looks and feels just like the Windows UI. HyperDroid is free to use and install, but is best suited for tablets. Have you ever wondered why…

Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

The U.S. government on Friday ordered Anthropic to immediately shut off access to two of its most powerful AI models — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — citing national security concerns. Anthropic announced on X that it has complied, but it made clear it thinks the government got this one wrong. The directive,…

Watching sports at home? I’d change these 4 soundbar settings for the most optimal audio

Watching sports at home? I’d change these 4 soundbar settings for the most optimal audio

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As much fun as it is going to a professional sporting event, nothing beats watching the big game in the comfort of your own home. If you’re watching who’s going to take it all on the basketball court, diamond, soccer pitch, or gridiron, you need…

Robinhood sees ‘record-breaking’ traffic after SpaceX stock debuts

Robinhood sees ‘record-breaking’ traffic after SpaceX stock debuts

Robinhood said it has seen “record-breaking” traffic on its trading platform Friday in the hours after SpaceX’s historic public markets debut. The company shared in a post on X that “some customers experienced latency and intermittent issues” with trading but that the platform quickly recovered. SpaceX’s shares started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange at…

Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

Anyone who works at Meta or knows anyone who works at Meta will tell you the same thing: it is not a happy place, particularly given the seemingly endless layoffs the company has executed over the last few years — cuts that have only accelerated as the company funnels billions into AI. Now, a new…

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger

All eyes are on the SpaceX IPO — the world’s largest in history — and its CEO Elon Musk. But lest you forget, there is another publicly traded company in the Musk universe that many believe will someday merge with SpaceX. We’re talking about Tesla, which has a current market cap of about $1.52 trillion….

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card…