Shirin Ghaffary

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a contentious artificial intelligence safety bill that would have required companies to make sure their AI models don't cause major harm.

(Bloomberg) -- The architect of California's controversial artificial intelligence safety bill said local lawmakers will continue pushing for guardrails on the technology after Governor Gavin Newsom's decision Sunday to veto the legislation.

(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI said it has completed a deal to raise $6.6 billion in new funding, giving the artificial intelligence company a $157 billion

OpenAI has completed a deal to raise $6.6 billion in new funding, giving the artificial intelligence company a $157 billion valuation and bolstering its efforts to build the world's leading generative AI technology

(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is releasing a new tool that can understand what's happening on a user's computer screen and complete a range of online tasks for them — the latest example of tech companies expanding from chatbots that offer pithy responses to so-called AI agents that can act on a person's behalf.The new capability, called “computer use,” can interpret what a user is seeing on their computer and — with permission — take actions for them by browsing the web, clicking buttons and typing, Anthropic said Tuesday. The company is releasing a beta version to developers using its Claude technology, after testing the service with a limited set of enterprise customers in recent weeks. A growing number of AI companies are investing in building agents that field tasks for users with minimal human supervision, an attempt to fulfill the promise of artificial intelligence to radically increase productivity in our personal and professional lives. On Monday, Microsoft Corp. launched a set of agent tools designed to send emails and manage records for workers. Salesforce Inc. touted its enterprise agent apps for customer service at its Dreamforce event last month.Anthropic is taking a different approach than many other companies have with agent tools. Rather than integrate with various applications on the backend, its technology can process what's happening on a user's computer screen in real time. The company said this method creates a more intuitive experience.“It's going to be the first model ever to be able to use a computer the way that people do,” Jared Kaplan, co-founder and chief science officer at Anthropic, said in an interview with Bloomberg News.

WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk is turning to an executive from one of his own companies, a former Trump White House official and other tech

(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence model that it said is capable of more advanced human-like reasoning than its current offerings, ratcheting up the competition with rivals such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google.

(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI, founded a decade ago as a research organization, is considering a change to the AI company's structure that would create a more conventional money-making corporation alongside a nonprofit arm.

The board is evaluating turning OpenAI’s business into a public benefit corporation that would make it easier to raise funding.

(Bloomberg) -- OpenAI's top executives are planning to host events in Washington DC and two key swing states to bolster support for investment in