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AI Resurrects Val Kilmer for Posthumous Film Role

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18 March 2026 21h06

Actor Val Kilmer passed away in 2025 without filming a single scene for a movie he was cast in five years earlier. Now, AI is resurrecting him for it. The film is called "As Deep as the Grave." His character battles tuberculosis. In real life, throat cancer destroyed Kilmer's

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Self-driving cars: Value and safety impact potential

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18 March 2026 19h35

The potential value of self-driving cars is staggering, not to mention the reduction in injuries and fatalities.

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Passion Over Profit: Why Some Build Without Financial Returns

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18 March 2026 18h06

Not everything needs to make money. Some folks just do it for the love of it.

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AI Supporting Language Digitization and Digital Inclusion

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18 March 2026 17h35

Most AI systems fail to serve 6,000+ of the world's 7,000+ languages. And the problem isn't just data scarcity, it's the lack of basic digital infrastructure. Our latest white paper shows how AI can support language digitization and digital inclusion: hai.stanford.edu/policy/how-…

AI’s Impact on Human Hopes, Fears, and Dreams

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18 March 2026 17h13

Thank you to the 80,508 people who took the time to speak with us. It has been striking, and humbling, to see how AI figures in so many people’s hopes, fears, and dreams. Read the full post here:

Anthropic Interviewer captures AI’s real-world impact experiences

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18 March 2026 17h13

These interviews capture texture that surveys can’t. They render in detail how people worldwide are already experiencing AI's opportunities and risks. We plan to use Anthropic Interviewer regularly, on different topics, to help inform how AI can be built to benefit everyone.

Economic Concerns Drive AI Sentiment and Autonomy Fears

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18 March 2026 17h13

Hopes clustered around a few basic desires, but concerns about AI were more varied. Most common were AI unreliability, jobs and the economy, and maintaining human autonomy and agency. Notably, economic concern was the strongest predictor of overall AI sentiment.

AI Benefits and Fears: Experienced Gains Versus Anticipated Losses

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18 March 2026 17h13

What people wanted and feared from AI appeared tightly bound. Those who benefited the most from AI in a given area were also the most likely to fear what it could cost them. But while mentions of benefits tend to be grounded in experience, fears were more often anticipatory.

81,000 Claude Users Share AI Hopes and Fears Study

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18 March 2026 17h13

We invited Claude users to share how they use AI, what they dream it could make possible, and what they fear it might do. Nearly 81,000 people responded in one week—the largest qualitative study of its kind. Read more: