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The Anthropic UK expansion story is less about diplomatic courtship and more about what happens when a government punishes a company for having principles. In late February, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a stark ultimatum: remove guardrails preventing Claude from being used for fully autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance, or face consequences. Amodei didn’t budge. He wrote that Anthropic could not “in good conscience” grant the Pentagon’s request, arguing that some uses of AI “can undermine rather than defend democratic values.” Washington’s response was swift. Trump directed every federal agency to immediately cease all use of Anthropic’s technology,…

Opinion polls indicate opposition to ending war against Iran.A negative political and public reaction in Israel to the ceasefire with Iran, despite the respite it brings.No pause for Israel’s army, however – or its victims. Hundreds have been killed in Lebanon, with more dead in Gaza.Is Israel a society effectively on a permanent war footing?Presenter: Tom McRaeGuests:Ilan Pappe – Historian and professor at Exeter UniversityGideon Levy – Columnist at Haaretz newspaper in Tel AvivHaim Bresheeth – Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonPublished On 11 Apr 202611 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd…

The open-source AI movement has never lacked for options. Mistral, Falcon, and a growing field of open-weight models have been available to developers for years. But when Meta threw its weight behind Llama, something shifted. A company with three billion users, vast compute resources, and the credibility of a tech giant was now building openly, and the developer community responded.By early 2026, the Llama ecosystem had reached 1.2 billion downloads, averaging about 1 million per day. That is the context for what happened on April 8, 2026. Meta launched Muse Spark, its first major new Meta AI model in a…

Benin will elect a new president on Sunday in a race that is shaping up to favour the chosen successor of the governing party, which has been in power for the past decade.Outgoing President Patrice Talon, 67, is barred under the constitution from running again after two terms in power, and will step down with a legacy of mixed results: economic growth, but also a clampdown on the opposition and critics.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe small West African nation with a population of 14 million has also seen increasing numbers of attacks in its north as Sahel-based…

Next-generation AI assistants being developed in the Apple ecosystem and by chipmakers like Qualcomm, but early reports suggest they are being designed with limits in place.Tom’s Guide has described early versions of these assistants as capable of navigating apps, carrying out bookings, and managing tasks in services. For instance a private beta agentic system completed tasks like booking services or posting content in apps. In one test, it moved through an app workflow and reached a payment screen before asking the user for confirmation.AI agents are being built with approval checkpoints. Sensitive actions, especially those tied to payments or account…

Real Madrid draw means Barcelona can move nine points clear at the top of La Liga if they beat Espanyol on Saturday.Published On 10 Apr 202610 Apr 2026Real Madrid had to settle for a 1-1 draw against mid-table Girona in La Liga, extending the hosts’ winless run to three games in all competitions and giving leaders Barcelona the chance to stretch their advantage at the top.Federico Valverde put Real ahead six minutes after halftime on Friday, but Girona levelled in the 62nd minute through Thomas Lemar.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBarca have 76 points, six ahead of second-placed…

To protect enterprise margins, business leaders must invest in robust AI governance to securely manage AI infrastructure.When evaluating enterprise software adoption, a recurring pattern dictates how technology matures across industries. As Rob Thomas, SVP and CCO at IBM, recently outlined, software typically graduates from a standalone product to a platform, and then from a platform to foundational infrastructure, altering the governing rules entirely.At the initial product stage, exerting tight corporate control often feels highly advantageous. Closed development environments iterate quickly and tightly manage the end-user experience. They capture and concentrate financial value within a single corporate entity, an approach that…

Published On 10 Apr 202610 Apr 2026Since the Gaza “ceasefire” began six months ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 738 people and injured more than 2,000, according to Palestine’s Ministry of Health.Gaza faces unprecedented devastation, with more than 10 percent of its population killed or injured.The death toll has surpassed 72,000 people, mostly children and women, with at least 172,000 injured and many others believed to be trapped under rubble.Since the United States-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10, Israel has violated the agreement thousands of times through near-daily attacks.Following Israeli and United States attacks on Iran from February…

Anthropic’s most capable AI model has already found thousands of AI cybersecurity vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser. The company’s response was not to release it, but to quietly hand it to the organisations responsible for keeping the internet running.That model is Claude Mythos Preview, and the initiative is called Project Glasswing.The launch partners include Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks. Beyond that core group, Anthropic has extended access to over 40 additional organisations that build or maintain critical software infrastructure. Anthropic is committing up to US$100…

Beirut, Lebanon – As bombs rained down on Lebanon’s capital, hundreds of people rushed to the American University of Beirut (AUB) Hospital, many crying, many scared. Children were looking for their siblings or their parents, unsure if they were dead or alive.Israeli forces had bombed 100-plus targets across the country in 10 minutes on Wednesday, despite a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran that many thought would include Lebanon.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“In under an hour, we received around 76 injured people. Unfortunately, six people didn’t make it,” Dr Salah Zeineldine, AUB’s chief medical officer, told…