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Mira Murati resurfaces with AI governance warning, new product

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati made her first major public appearance in 18 months, previewing Thinking Machines Lab’s “interaction models” and arguing that the AI industry lacks structural governance checks. She also addressed researcher departures and reflected on the 2023 Altman firing.

Spirit AI beats Nvidia on RoboArena robotics benchmark

Chinese startup Spirit AI tops the RoboArena leaderboard Nvidia co-built, scoring 1,924 to Nvidia’s 1,881 as physical AI becomes the next tech battleground.

Japan risks becoming an ‘AI colony’, its digital minister warns

The phrase Japan’s digital minister chose was deliberately stark. Hisashi Matsumoto warned that the country risks becoming an “AI colony” if it fails to keep pace with the technology, using the term to defend a government-backed bill that would amend Japan’s personal-data protection law to let AI developers use medical and criminal records without obtaining individual consent.

Claude Writes 80% of Its Code, Calls for AI Pause

Anthropic reveals that Claude now writes over 80% of its production code, with engineers shipping 8x more code per quarter than in 2024. The company’s new Anthropic Institute paper maps the path to recursive self-improvement and calls for a verifiable global pause mechanism.

JPMorgan's Workforce Strategy: Attrition Over Layoffs

AI will reshape how banks hire and organise work, as JPMorgan Chase shifts towards AI talent and redeploys roles through attrition, not layoffs

AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India

The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.

Executive Briefing: Uber Burned Its Entire AI Budget Early. The Bill Was Trying to Tell Them Something.

The next AI budget fight will not start because employees refuse to use AI.

Opus 4.8 scored 81 in my benchmark. I still wouldn't default to it. (The full breakdown + Nate's Community Slack)

Claude Opus 4.8 is excellent. The harder question is where it should replace your current workflow, where it should be a specialist, and where turning the reasoning dial up can make the work worse.

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Anthropic says frontier AI labs may need to slow down so society can catch up

Anthropic called for a coordinated slowdown in AI development, warning that AI capabilities could advance faster than society can adapt.

New reports give sobering numbers on data centers' resource needs

They show how many different kinds of impact data centers can have.

AI Is Already Shaping Who We Are

This spring, every graduation speech seemed to pick a side on AI.