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Vaibhav Jha is an Editor and Co-founder of AI FrontPage. In his decade long career in journalism, Vaibhav has reported for publications including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and The New York Times, covering the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Outside work, he’s usually trying to persuade people to watch Anurag Kashyap films.
Tensions are rising in the UK’s AI policy landscape as PauseAI UK challenges Technology Secretary Liz Kendall’s opposition to pausing frontier AI development, warning of escalating global risks.
Anthropic is partnering with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs in a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture to build custom Claude-powered AI tools for mid-sized businesses — putting pressure on legacy IT services giants.
A new WEF-KPMG whitepaper finds AI is rewriting cybersecurity on both sides — helping defenders cut breach costs by $1.9 million while letting attackers compress weeks of reconnaissance into minutes.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tightened its stance on artificial intelligence, ruling that only human actors and writers will be eligible for Oscars starting in 2027. The move comes amid growing industry concern over synthetic performances and AI-generated scripts reshaping Hollywood.
The U.S. Department of War has signed agreements with major AI and tech firms including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft to deploy advanced capabilities across classified military networks, while excluding Anthropic over alleged security risks tied to its refusal to support surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has warned that artificial intelligence could result in the loss of more than 50% of jobs in Bengaluru, India’s tech capital.
A Chinese court has ruled in favour of a quality assurance supervisor fired after AI took over his role, observing that automation cannot supersede human rights. The Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court upheld an arbitration panel’s earlier decision, deeming the AI-related dismissal unlawful — the second such ruling in China after a similar case in Beijing.
U.S. defense deep-tech firm Shield AI has opened its first India office in New Delhi and launched Shield AI India to support autonomy development and software integration with India’s Defense Ministry.
Elon Musk took the witness stand in a federal court in Oakland on April 28, accusing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of turning a charity into a profit machine — and warning that a verdict in OpenAI’s favour could destroy the foundations of charitable giving in America.
UK Science Secretary Liz Kendall has pushed back against calls to pause AI development, saying it would betray British talent and shut Britain out of a global technology race worth trillions.
