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Washington Post : Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a “child of God”   —  The artificial intelligence company asked religious leaders for guidance on building a moral chatbot.  —  Summary from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QZN6mpX

The Claude app (left) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (right) Getty Images US businesses that integrate AI have tended to choose OpenAI. However, Anthropic has seen business spending surge in recent months, according to Ramp's index. Anthropic's reputation got an unexpected boost after it challenged a deal with the Pentagon. Anthropic is close to passing OpenAI when it comes to business spending on AI, according to new data. Ramp , a finance automation and corporate card issuer, said half of its customers now pay for AI products. Among those customers, 30.6% use Anthropic, up 6.3% from March. The gap between Anthropic and OpenAI, which accounts for 35.2% of customers, has narrowed dramatically, according to Ramp. "At the current pace, Anthropic is on track to surpass OpenAI within the next two months," a Ramp spokesperson told Business Insider. "It already leads among early adopters, including VC-backed companies, and in key sectors like software, fi...

Zijing Wu / Financial Times : A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system   —  Engineers and scientists return for better pay and quality of life as US grows more hostile  —  In the hushed corridors … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OGj2lbW

Americans are feeling bad about the economy, and it's due in part to prices at the gas pump. Camden Hall/NurPhoto via Getty Images New data showed consumer sentiment slipped to a record low in April. Rising gas prices are affecting people's view of the economy. Other economic issues, like the frozen job market, are probably worsening the dreariness. Americans' economic mood can be succinctly described in one word: Terrible. While inflation soars as conflict with Iran drags on and shows up at the gas pump , consumer sentiment is plummeting. University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index, which tracks how American consumers feel about economic conditions, fell to 47.6 in April — a record low and a nearly 11% decline month-over-month. The overall sentiment index combines views of how the economy is doing right now with what Americans think is going to happen in the near future, and both crashed this month. "Demographic groups across age, income, and ...

Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept : Source: federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Reddit to appear before a grand jury, to provide personal data on an anonymous user who criticized ICE   —  An ICE summons to get the user's identity failed.  Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Ih6AK4t

Ed Bott / ZDNET : Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more   —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Microsoft is making the Insider Program less complicated.  — Beta channel will be a more reliable preview of the next retail release. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tonRF8z