AI and the City

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (920+ words) A 27-year-old AI researcher says he resigned from Anthropic over concerns about how powerful AI is being developed, warning that advanced systems could pose catastrophic risks to humanity. Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (751+ words) New York, United States, September 7th, 2026, FinanceWire That challenge is central to a new initiative from OpenAI, which is calling on the technology and cybersecurity industries to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence for defensive purposes. Palo Alto Networks, Mate Security,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (156+ words) Palo Alto Networks has acquired Console, an AI-native platform for building agentic workflows across enterprise operations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Palo Alto Networks plans to integrate Console’s technology with its Cortex security platform, expanding its ability…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It’s the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular open-source AI models. Nvidia CEO…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (422+ words) Nikesh Arora said investors had expected AI companies to eat the software industry's “breakfast, lunch and dinner,” but that view has begun to change. Palo Alto reported strong results and expects revenue of about $14 billion in the coming year, even…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents to automate routine IT help desk tasks, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The companies officially announced the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (948+ words) Here’s another place the AI frenzy is making itself felt: the market for luxury homes. High-income earners, many of them employees at AI companies, are snapping up multimillion-dollar houses in the San Francisco Bay Area, undaunted by the higher mortgage…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (157+ words) Palo Alto Networks is bolstering its flagship security platform with the acquisition of Console and its AI-native IT service management and automation technology. According to Palo Alto, the Console technology will expand the agentic AI capabilities of its security operations…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) The cybersecurity giant announced the acquisition alongside quarterly results showing a 34% increase in revenue and strong growth in next-generation security ARR. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Console, an AI-native platform designed to help…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (293+ words) Palo Alto Networks has introduced a groundbreaking initiative designed to protect critical infrastructure from AI-related threats. This forward-thinking program utilizes network-level virtual patches to address vulnerabilities prior to the implementation of software fixes. Recently, AI models successfully identified over fourteen…...