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As Anthropic expands into India, a local software company has filed a court complaint saying it was already using the name “Anthropic,” spotlighting how the rapid global push of AI firms can collide with local incumbents. The filing comes amid Anthropic deepening its focus on India, announcing an India office last October and more recently appointing former Microsoft India managing director Irina Ghose to lead its operations in the country, underscoring the South Asian market’s growing importance to global AI companies expanding beyond the U.S. and Europe. In a complaint filed in a commercial court in Karnataka in January, reviewed…
A former Anthropic employee said in a departure letter published Monday that he is leaving the company as he reckons with a “world in peril.”Mrinank Sharma, who said he led the safeguards research team at Anthropic, posted on Monday a letter he sent to colleagues announcing his departure. Sharma explained why he was leaving the artificial intelligence company and outlined his future plans.”I achieved everything I wanted here,” Sharma wrote, citing projects like developing defenses to reduce the risks of AI-assisted bioterrorism and a final project on understanding the effects of AI on humanity.He also said it was time to…
OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The newer Go plan is a low-cost subscription at $8 per month in the U.S. and was introduced globally in mid-January. Subscribers to OpenAI’s paid plans, including its Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers, will not see ads, the company said. OpenAI sought to address concerns about how ads might affect the user experience, stating in a blog post: “Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers. Our…
Despite a recent string of shark attacks across the California coast, including the tragic killing of a 55-year-old swimmer, the violent incidents dropped in the United States in 2025 compared to the year prior.At least 28 shark attacks were reported last year in U.S. waters, according to information gathered by USA TODAY and non-profits Global Shark Attack File and TrackingSharks.com.The more than two dozen attacks reported by the organizations are down over the prior year, when 36 people reported being injured by sharks.The International Shark Attack File, run by the Florida Museum of Natural History, classifies the attacks as provoked or unprovoked…
2026-02-09T19:01:01.209Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. ChatGPT has hundreds of millions of users, and only a small percentage of them pay to use the service. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to turn those free users into revenue-generating users by showing them ads. This move has been a long time coming, and has real risk:…
Enterprise resource planning software company Workday announced Monday that chief executive Carl Eschenbach was stepping down and leaving the company’s board, effective immediately. Workday co-founder and former CEO Aneel Bhusri will return as CEO. Eschenbach joined Workday in December 2022 as co-CEO alongside Bhusri, and had been operating as the company’s sole CEO since February 2024. Bhusri, who had led the company since 2009 — sometimes as co-CEO, sometimes as sole CEO — has been serving as the company’s executive chairman since 2024. Workday confirmed to TechCrunch that Bhusri is returning to the role permanently, as opposed to taking the helm…
The largest nursing strike in New York City could be nearing the end as thousands of nurses reached tentative agreements with some hospitals, according to the nurses’ union.Approximately 10,500 members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) reached agreements with Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West, NYSNA said in an announcement on Monday morningThe nurses will hold ratification votes and, if the agreements are ratified, return to work at the end of the week, the union said in the announcement.Largest nursing strike in New York City history begins amid stalled contract negotiationsSome 4,200 nurses are…
Anthropic is in the final stages of raising $20 billion in new capital at a valuation of $350 billion, Bloomberg reports, with investor demand leading the company to raise twice the funding it set out to obtain. The company raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute has made it eager to raise as quickly as possible. Firms expected to participate in the round include Altimeter Capital Management, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Coatue Management, Iconiq Capital, and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, but the…
The best fitness trackers can help you train smarter and better understand your body’s signals. Top wearables go far beyond counting steps — they also measure heart rate, recovery, sleep quality, and strain. This all helps you know when to push harder or when to rest. But fitness trackers aren’t all built the same. Some prioritize smartwatch features, while others double down on big-picture health. There are also different styles, including wrist watches and smart rings. As a longtime fitness writer, I’ve spent the last year testing more than 15 fitness-focused wearables head-to-head. I compared them while strength training, hiking,…
David Geeslin can still remember what it felt like to start learning American Sign Language as a toddler.“My world became much clearer and more colorful,” Geeslin said through an ASL interpreter. “It wasn’t black and white anymore.”Sign language opened up opportunities for Geeslin. When he was 3 years old, he enrolled at Indiana School for the Deaf. After earning his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees, Geeslin served as superintendent there until retiring in 2025.Now, though, Geeslin and other prominent members of the local Deaf community are concerned that a new master’s program at Butler University will result in fewer deaf…