Anthropic is making an aggressive push into the next phase of artificial intelligence, unveiling new Claude models designed to do more than chat. The company says its latest systems can act more like digital workers, handling complicated assignments, using tools, searching the web, and carrying out tasks over long stretches with less human supervision. The release marks a clear shift in strategy for the Amazon-backed AI startup. Instead of focusing primarily on chatbot conversations, Anthropic is now aiming squarely at AI agents — systems built to complete real work, not just respond to prompts. According to the company, its new...

If there’s one question hanging over the AI developer world right now, it’s this: where is DeepSeek V4? For months, the model has been rumored as DeepSeek’s next big leap — especially for coding, long-context work, and serious developer use. But as of March 23, 2026, the expected release windows have come and gone. Mid-February passed. Lunar New Year passed. Late February passed. Early March passed. And still, no official public launch. That hasn’t stopped the speculation. The first strong signal came back in January, when Reuters reported that DeepSeek was preparing a new coding-focused flagship model expected in February....

ByteDance is facing mounting pressure in Washington after its new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, sparked fresh concerns over copyright, celebrity likenesses, and the growing power of generative media. The tool, which can produce highly realistic video clips featuring recognizable people and popular fictional characters, has quickly drawn scrutiny from US lawmakers. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are urging the company to shut the platform down, arguing that it crosses a line on intellectual property and risks enabling widespread misuse of copyrighted content. In a letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo, the senators described Seedance 2.0 as a serious...

The White House on Friday rolled out a new artificial intelligence framework that urges Congress to take a lighter regulatory approach and override a growing patchwork of state AI laws, marking the Trump administration’s clearest signal yet on how it wants Washington to govern the fast-moving technology. The proposal argues that a single federal standard is needed to protect innovation, strengthen national competitiveness and avoid what officials see as a confusing web of state-by-state restrictions. At the center of the plan are six broad principles meant to guide lawmakers, including child safety protections, safeguards against rising electricity costs tied to...

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company founded by former OpenAI executives who broke away over concerns about AI safety, is easing a key safeguard that once defined its approach to developing advanced AI systems. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company announced it is replacing its two-year-old “Responsible Scaling Policy” with a more flexible framework. Rather than binding commitments that could halt the development of increasingly powerful AI models, Anthropic said its new policy will consist of public safety goals that can evolve over time. The shift marks a notable change for a company that has long branded itself as...