The US will send Tech Corps members to foreign countries in its latest push for AI dominance

The government agency that sends its corps members abroad to volunteer in foreign countries launched its latest initiative called Tech Corps. The Peace Corps' latest proposal will recruit STEM gr [...]

Anthropic Skill scanners passed every check. The malicious code rode in on a test file.

Picture this scenario: An Anthropic Skill scanner runs a full analysis of a Skill pulled from ClawHub or skills.sh. Its markdown instructions are clean, and no prompt injection is detected. No shell c [...]

AI models follow their values better when they first learn why those values matter

A study from the Anthropic Fellows Program shows that training a language model on texts explaining its intended values before teaching it specific behaviors leads to significantly better adherence to [...]

Anthropic is spending $150 million to embed 1,000 AI fellows inside nonprofits. No degree required.

Anthropic is donating $150 million to place 1,000 AI fellows inside nonprofit organisations across the United States. The programme, called Claude Corps, will pay early-career workers $85,000 plus ben [...]

Private Internet Access VPN review: Both more and less than a budget VPN

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable [...]

Surfshark VPN review: A fast VPN for casual users

Surfshark is one of the youngest major VPNs, but it's grown rapidly over the last seven years. Since 2018, it's expanded its network to 100 countries, added a suite of apps to its Surfshark [...]

'Tools don't have independent values — their values are human values': Quote of the day by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li on building ethical AI

Developing AI as a tool means recognizing that its values are reflected in the values of those who build and deploy it [...]

How we test VPNs

VPN users have an unbelievable amount of choice in the market, but lots of those choices are bad. Upwards of 180 virtual private networks are available for commercial users alone. For the casual user [...]

Anthropic's Claude Corps will pay $85,000 to 1,000 early-career professionals - apply now

The Claude Corps fellowship matches professionals with partner nonprofits and pays them with benefits. But the deadline ends soon. [...]