Anthropic said today that its AI assistant Claude will not carry advertising of any kind — no sponsored links next to conversations, no advertiser influence on the model’s responses, and no unsolicited third-party product placements — calling Claude a “space to think” that should remain free of commercial interruption. The announcement comes days after Anthropic’s chief rival, OpenAI, announced...
“I’m all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user.
Recent data shows that major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have experienced sharp declines, significantly undermining overall market confidence. Panic has replaced optimism, and many investors have once again fallen into a vicious cycle: constantly monitoring the market, waiting for the “perfect moment,” or selling hastily under pressure. However, a growing number […]
Samsung’s much-loved Blue Tag Sale is entering its final stretch, offering its customers an opportunity to secure exceptional savings on select mid and high-tier Galaxy smartphones, tablets and wearables.
“Too many GPUs makes you lazy,” says the French startup’s vice president of science operations, as the company carves out a different path than the major US AI companies.
Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. BBC: The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an email he was “doubling down on an AI-forward approach,” according to an employee who posted some of the memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told investors the move would impact about 15% of the workforce,...
The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the merger where STANLIB will acquire joint control in Cassava Africa Data Centres, with the option to take full control.
Two of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers are using e-axles that use the movement of a trailer’s wheels to generate energy for refrigeration in their truck trailers.
Google’s much-anticipated plan to merge Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system called Aluminium is shaping up to be a drawn-out, complicated transition that could leave existing Chromebook users behind, according to previously unreported court documents in the Google search antitrust case. The new OS won’t be compatible with all existing Chromebook hardware, and Google will be...
You will probably have to stop for a bathroom break before having to charge the new BMW iX3 or Volvo EX60 on South Africa’s busiest long-distance highway.
Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st. From a report: In an FAQ, the company now says that Animate will now be in maintenance mode and that it has “no plans toâdiscontinue or remove access” to the app. Animate will still receive “ongoing security and bug fixes” and will still be available for “both new and existing users,” but it won’t get new features. Many...
A senior executive has admitted the broadcaster made mistakes with its sweeping Afrikaans programming changes, but AfriForum wants more information about how the decisions were taken without proper market research.