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Anthropic overhauled Claude's "Constitution" to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

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Beatrice Nolan / Fortune : Anthropic overhauled Claude's “Constitution” to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules   —  Anthropic is overhauling a foundational document that shapes how its popular Claude AI model behaves. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xrcqVsP

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says Trump's policies risk sparking 'capital wars'

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Amal Alhasan/Getty Images for Fortune Media Ray Dalio thinks that an era of global financial conflict could be approaching. The billionaire investor said he thinks Trump's policies could lead to "capital wars." "On the other side of trade deficits and trade wars, there are capital and capital wars," Dalio said. Ray Dalio thinks the world could be on the verge of "capital wars." The billionaire investor and Bridgewater Associates founder isn't shy about sounding the alarm on economic problems he sees brewing. At this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he says Donald Trump's aggressive policies could spark global financial conflict. The president looms large over Davos this year, with his threatening rhetoric related to Greenland , which he says the US must control for security reasons. While Trump's latest comments are in focus, Dalio says they're just another part of a troubling trend that could shift t...

At the WEF in Davos, Palantir CEO Alex Karp says that AI-driven job displacement will "make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration" (Shona Ghosh/Bloomberg)

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Shona Ghosh / Bloomberg : At the WEF in Davos, Palantir CEO Alex Karp says that AI-driven job displacement will “make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration”   —  Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fSNRg8m

Netflix adds a real-time voting feature for its Star Search reboot, available on mobile, smart TVs, and streaming devices, but not on a browser (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Netflix adds a real-time voting feature for its Star Search reboot, available on mobile, smart TVs, and streaming devices, but not on a browser   —  Netflix today is launching a new feature that will allow users to interact with live content through voting.  The streaming company said the option … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GQ02C5P

Demis Hassabis says Chinese AI companies are about six months behind leading western labs and the response to DeepSeek's R1 was a "massive overreaction" (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg : Demis Hassabis says Chinese AI companies are about six months behind leading western labs and the response to DeepSeek's R1 was a “massive overreaction”   —  Google DeepMind Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis said Chinese artificial intelligence companies haven't been able … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jBTLgMZ

The UK government will take a £25M stake in Octopus Energy's tech spin-off Kraken, last valued at $8.65B, in an effort to encourage Kraken to list in London (Financial Times)

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Financial Times : The UK government will take a £25M stake in Octopus Energy's tech spin-off Kraken, last valued at $8.65B, in an effort to encourage Kraken to list in London   —  Investment aims to persuade tech business to list in London as it gears up for IPO  —  The UK government will take a £25mn stake … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YOkdbLE

Bosses don't think AI is paying off yet, a PwC survey of 4,500 CEOs found

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FG Trade/Getty Images CEOs are struggling to turn AI investments into returns, according to a new PwC survey. Having a strong AI foundation is more likely to boost returns, the results showed. But only 30% of the 4,454 CEOs surveyed are confident about revenue growth in the next year. Everyone wants to know when AI investments will pay off. Most CEOs say they're still waiting, according to PwC's latest Global CEO survey, released on Monday to coincide with the start of Davos. The consulting giant questioned 4,454 chief executives across 95 countries and territories about their strategic priorities and outlook in the year up to November 2025. More than half of the CEOs surveyed, 56%, said AI hasn't produced revenue or cost benefits for their businesses to date. Some reported benefits for either revenue or costs: around a third said their revenue was up in the last year, and 26% said they were seeing lower costs from AI. But only 12% said they had both decrea...