Claude Computes a Nine-Loop Scattering Amplitude With Little Help
The instruction that started the run was a single sentence: compute the nine-loop, six-particle hexagon amplitude. What followed was closer to a standing order than a research program. “I am…
Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Supply Chain Finding Against Anthropic
A divided federal appeals panel ruled on September 25 that the Defense Department was justified in designating Anthropic a supply chain risk, rejecting the company’s challenge to a decision that…
Anthropic Founders Seek 50.1% Voting Control Before Going Public
Anthropic has asked shareholders to approve a governance structure that would hand its seven co-founders a combined 50.1 percent of the vote on most company matters, according to a report…
Anthropic Weighs Leasing a Gigawatt of Data Center Space Directly
For a company that has bought nearly all of its computing power from cloud providers, the negotiation described by The Information on September 24 would mark a step into unfamiliar…
Akamai Gives Anthropic a Stake to Land Its Biggest Contract
The announcement came after the closing bell on September 24, and it was not the kind Akamai Technologies usually makes. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence developer, had committed to buy $11.6…
Netflix Rebuilds Gene Wilder’s Voice, and Critics Wince
Rusty Goffe played an Oompa-Loompa in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and five decades later he found himself on a new set listening to his old…
Japan’s Bank Regulator Turns Its Gaze on Data-Center Loans
For two years, Japanese banks chasing yield have financed a building boom in AI data centers across Asia, North America and Europe. Now their own regulator is asking how much…
Qualcomm’s New Chip Aims at Camera-Equipped Earbuds
The next wave of earbuds may come with cameras, not to take pictures but to see what the wearer is doing. Qualcomm built a chip for exactly that. On Sept.…
Amazon to Build $100 Million Robotics Plant in Indiana
The building sits at 1175 Collins Road in Greenwood, Indiana, just across the street from an Amazon fulfillment center off Interstate 65. Amazon bought it to make the machines that…
Databricks Buys Spreadsheet Startup Row Zero
The deal started the way a lot of software acquisitions do: with a customer who could not stop using the product. Inside Databricks, the finance team had begun running its…
