In a bold bid to secure its place at the forefront of artificial intelligence, the UK government has unveiled a £1.1 billion ($1.47 billion) plan to build domestic AI computing capacity, including a new national supercomputer and support for homegrown chip firms. The initiative, announced Monday, aims to reduce reliance on foreign technology giants and accelerate AI innovation across industries. Officials highlighted the need for sovereign AI infrastructure as competition intensifies between the US, China, and Europe. The funding will bolster high-performance computing resources critical for training advanced models, which demand massive amounts of energy and specialized hardware. This move...

SpaceX’s reported plan to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion could mark one of the boldest moves yet in the race to dominate enterprise artificial intelligence. The proposed deal, expected to follow SpaceX’s upcoming IPO, would give the company a fast-growing AI developer tool at a time when corporate adoption has become one of the most important battlegrounds in the industry. Cursor, founded in 2022, has grown rapidly by offering AI-powered coding tools that help software developers write, test, and debug code more efficiently. For SpaceX, the appeal is clear. Cursor could give the company a stronger foothold...

In a historic milestone for the generative AI sector, Anthropic, the creators of the Claude family of large language models, has confidentially filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the U.S. stock market. This move signals a significant transition for the company from a venture-backed research lab to a publicly traded enterprise. Valued recently at upwards of $900 billion following an aggressive $65 billion funding round, Anthropic's market debut is poised to be one of the most highly anticipated tech offerings of the decade. The confidential filing highlights the intensive capital requirements necessary to sustain the development of frontier...

The age of obvious internet scams is over. Today’s fraudsters don’t need broken English, suspicious emails, or fake lottery winnings to trick people. Thanks to artificial intelligence, scams have become deeply personal — and frighteningly believable. Across the country, people are reporting phone calls that sound like family members in distress, fake customer service agents who know intimate details about their lives, and AI-generated messages crafted to mimic trusted voices and writing styles. What once looked clumsy now feels alarmingly real. Cybersecurity experts say the rise of generative AI has dramatically lowered the barrier for criminals. With just a few...

Alibaba Cloud has launched Qwen3.7-Max, its latest flagship large language model, marking a significant leap forward in agentic AI capabilities. Designed specifically for the "agent era," the proprietary model excels in long-horizon task execution, complex coding, and autonomous workflows. Qwen3.7-Max builds on the Qwen3 series, which introduced hybrid thinking modes allowing users to toggle between deep reasoning ("Thinking" mode) for challenging problems and faster "Non-Thinking" mode for everyday interactions. The new model enhances these features with superior performance in programming, office automation, and multi-step decision-making that can sustain execution across hundreds or thousands of actions. According to Alibaba, Qwen3.7-Max demonstrates...