Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn’t take much to get past the restriction…
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million…
Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos. Seated at a leafy patio outside a popular bakery in Mill Valley, an affluent town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, Polansky — bespectacled, his fresh face framed by dark hair shot through with gray —…
David Capablanca, trader with Friendly Bear University. Author of “Short Selling Master.” gettyShort selling is a strategy that anticipates a stock’s decline due to overvaluation. This approach is inherently riskier than long trading, as long traders can only lose their investment, whereas short sellers can lose more than the sum in their accounts because prices…
Nevada, get ready for the robotaxis. The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved three permits Thursday that will allow Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to operate commercial robotaxi services in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. Together, these permits would deploy up to 8,000 robotaxis across the county over the next 12 months. Tesla’s permit allows it…
Image Credits:Micro1 5:13 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom for a cohort of data-labeling startups. One of these fast-growing businesses is Micro1, a four-year-old startup that expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500…
Mark Wallin, President and GM at Phillips Connect, drives the future of freight through AI, automation and connected trailer tech. gettyOne of the costliest technology problems I see has nothing to do with the technology itself. In my world, it looks like this: A maintenance team spends two years building a vehicle monitoring system across…
Despite its technological progress, AI’s reputation out in the real world is getting worse. On Wednesday, Axios reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a memo to top AI companies warning that U.S. data centers are hurting the party’s chances in a key Ohio election. At the same time, Pew Research released a study…
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes. Silicon Data…
Sri is an AI Evangelist & Architect and is passionate about Ethical, Responsible and Clean AI. gettyMost technology leaders I talk to today carry the same worry: “Is our AI actually right?” Whether it’s a simple decision framework flagging invoices or a deep learning model forecasting next quarter’s demand, the stakes are the same—and the…





