Latest Artificial Intelligence Updates and Stories
Despite signing a high-profile partnership with OpenAI months ago, the UK government has not yet trialed any of the company's AI technology in public services, raising questions about the pace and substance of the government's AI adoption strategy.
Jasjeet Sekhon, formerly of Bridgewater Associates, has joined Google DeepMind as its new Chief Strategy Officer, with CEO Demis Hassabis welcoming the appointment as DeepMind accelerates its commercial and research AI strategy.
Alongside its superapp plans, OpenAI is building an 'AI research intern' designed to automate multi-day scientific research tasks, with a launch expected by September 2026 and a longer-term goal of a fully automated multi-agent research system by 2028.
Anthropic has filed a court response denying that it ever agreed to allow the Pentagon to sabotage or disable its Claude AI tools, contradicting DoD claims and escalating a high-profile dispute over AI safety guardrails in US military applications.
OpenAI is reportedly planning to nearly double its headcount from approximately 4,500 to 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, according to the Financial Times, as the company accelerates its AI development and commercial expansion.
A memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg confirms the Pentagon will designate Palantir's Maven AI as an official program of record, embedding its weapons-targeting technology across all US military branches by September 2026.
