Anthropic staff realized they could ask Claude to buy things that weren’t just food & drink. After someone randomly decided to ask it to order a tungsten cube, Claude ended up with an inventory full of (as it put it) “specialty metal items” that it ended up selling at a loss.
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Claude’s Shop Performance: Strengths and Negotiation Weaknesses
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Claude did well in some ways: it searched the web to find new suppliers, and ordered very niche drinks that Anthropic staff requested. But it also made mistakes. Claude was too nice to run a shop effectively: it allowed itself to be browbeaten into giving big discounts.
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Human-Centered AI Design Focuses on User and Community Needs
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Building truly human-centered AI demands a thoughtful design process, said our co-director @landay during his keynote at TNW in Amsterdam last week. By focusing on user, community, and societal needs, we can create technology that truly benefits the people who need them most.
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Creativity as a Moat: AI Remixes But Doesn’t Innovate
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5. Creativity Is a Moat, But Not a Wall Yes, AI can generate ideas. But it's remixing what already exists. Creativity now has two layers: Shallow creativity: catchy slogans, blog ideas, ad copies these are becoming automated
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China Develops Mosquito-like Drones for Covert Surveillance Operations
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China está desarrollando drones que imitan a un mosquito. Estos dispositivos son perfectos para tareas de espionaje por su capacidad de pasar desapercibidos.
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 27 juin 2025
Aunque su uso oficial se justifica con tareas de seguridad, me hace pensar sobre los riesgos para la privacidad. pic.twitter.com/UEzZTWgonpChina está desarrollando drones que imitan a un mosquito. Estos dispositivos son perfectos para tareas de espionaje por su capacidad de pasar desapercibidos. Aunque su uso oficial se justifica con tareas de seguridad, me hace pensar sobre los riesgos para la privacidad.
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Buttigieg Warns AI Impact Will Surpass Industrial Revolution Speed
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Pete Buttigieg, secrétaire américain aux Transports, alerte sur notre réaction trop faible face à l’IA : « L’expérience humaine est sur le point de changer à une échelle comparable à la Révolution industrielle… mais à une vitesse bien plus fulgurante. Le tout en moins de temps
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AI Deepfakes Erode Public Trust in Authentic Videos
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C’est une vraie vidéo Je fais régulièrement des tests depuis l’apparition de l’IA. De moins en moins de personnes croient aux vidéos authentiques.
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AI Threatens Remote Workers Job Security Union Debate
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Les syndicats sont DÉBILES Encourager le télétravail est suicidaire pour les salariés TOUT TELETRAVAILLEUR EST BIENTÔT REMPLAÇABLE PAR L’IA !
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Copyright Infringement in AI Training: Market Harm Analysis
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No, he's not. There was already infringement found for the reprductions during training (without outputs) or they wouldn't have done the four factor analysis. All he wants is for the evidence of market harm to be decided, for which burden to prove its absense is on defendant.
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Anthropic Case: Copyright Infringement Without Fair Use Defense
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In the Anthropic case, the mere downloading & storage (i.e. reproduction) of a pirate work was infringing and not Fair Use. There is no derivative required, nor does it need to be published, nor sold to a buyer. The defendants need to prove absence of market harm either way!