Anthropic opens Tokyo office, signs a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan AI Safety Institute \ Anthropic

This week, we opened our first Asia Pacific office in Tokyo, an important milestone in Anthropic’s international expansion. Our CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei traveled to Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Takaichi, address members of the LDP Digitalization Headquarters Committee, meet with customers, and sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Japan AI Safety…

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Emerald AI Teams with NVIDIA and Partners to Develop Power-Flexible AI Factory and Reference Design to Unlock 100 GW of Grid Capacity and Supercharge the AI Revolution

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A coalition of leaders from the artificial intelligence and energy industries, including NVIDIA, Emerald AI, EPRI, Digital Realty and PJM, today announced the world’s first flexible power AI factory. This facility, the 96 MW Aurora AI Factory in Virginia, will serve to implement a new benchmark design and certification…

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Cisco Secure AI Factory draws on Splunk Observability

Artificial intelligence is reshaping every industry, and unlocking its full potential requires infrastructure that is robust, scalable, secure and observable. As organizations expand their AI initiatives, managing complex workloads and ensuring consistent performance becomes mission critical. This is where Cisco AI PODs, the fundamental elements of Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIAcombined with the deep…

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Elon Musk Launches AI-powered Grokipedia to Compete with Wikipedia

NEED TO KNOW Elon Musk competes with Wikipedia by launching an alternative to the AI-generated online encyclopedia called Grokipedia Service insights are entirely AI-generated Grokipedia has previously been accused of copying Wikipedia content verbatim Elon Musk uses artificial intelligence to create an alternative to Wikipedia. Monday October 27, the 54-year-old billionaire launched his new website…

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AI Compliance Officer Is an Emerging Role for In-House Counsel

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, governments around the world are stepping up their oversight and launching a wave of regulations to address the risks in this area. Global businesses face a patchwork of complex and often conflicting legal requirements. In-house legal departments are uniquely equipped to lead organizational AI governance with…

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Just Another AI (Mania?) Day

Today was just another day in the stock market. The S&P 500 hit another record high of 6875.16. The Nasdaq, DJIA and Russell 2000 also closed at record highs. Been there, done that! More records are likely when the Fed cuts the federal funds rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday. On Thursday, President Donald…

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Can AI Become a Colleague Instead of a Competitor?

While vague concerns and existential concerns have attached to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence – job losses, potential privacy violations, bias, an evil singularity — listening to Mississippi CIO Craig Orgeron can provide an optimistic outlook on how AI could improve government. During the recent National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) 2025…

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Florida County Pilots AI in Permitting and Zoning Approvals – Conduit Street

Hernando County, Florida, is testing artificial intelligence in zoning approval and permitting. The first results show a significant increase in efficiency. Hernando County, Florida, is testing artificial intelligence to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its local permit processing. Using an AI platform called SwiftGov (from SwiftBuild.ai), the county automated some of its zoning and…

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