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AI Agents · AI Infrastructure
Anthropic opens a research preview of its Model Hardware Standard for AI agents to safely operate physical devices, starting with scientific labs and manufacturers.
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Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 5, a major upgrade powering long-running agents with enhanced coding and professional work capabilities.
Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 5 delivers frontier performance in coding, agentic tasks, and professional workflows, scaling across industries.
Cognizant expands its partnership with Anthropic to deploy Claude across enterprise clients, integrating advanced AI into business operations.
NVIDIA introduces NVLink Fusion and NVHBM custom high-bandwidth memory, enabling hyperscalers to build unified AI infrastructure for trillion-parameter workloads and AI agents.
AWS and NVIDIA expand collaboration to deliver 2 million additional GPUs and next-generation infrastructure for agentic and physical AI.
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Topics include agent payments, machine-to-machine payments, AI identity, wallets for agents, on-chain AI, decentralized compute, and AI-related blockchain applications.
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Selected conversations from the people building, funding, and shaping the AI economy. Curated for depth, relevance, and durable signal rather than volume.
The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes speaks with Elon Musk about the pace of AI progress, China, Europe, and his changing role in politics.
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