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Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.5, a hybrid reasoning model for coding, agents, and computer use. The company said this new version of the Claude Opus model offers better vision, reasoning, and mathematics than predecessors. Claude Opus 4.5 is meaningfully better at everyday tasks such as deep research and working with slides and spreadsheets, Anthropic said. Claude Opus 4.5 was introduced November 24. It is available now in Anthropic’s consumer applications, its API, and on all three major cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Developers can access the model by using claude-opus-4-5-20251101 via the…

X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register A company which has produced technology that could replace dashboard controls in cars and transform the way we operate appliances has raised a further £3m to help prepare for mass production. Uniphy, which is based in Leeds with a research and development centre in Swindon, has secured funding from existing investors NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), and Mercia’s own funds. Uniphy’s ‘smart surfaces’ enable controls to be built…

Disruption led to nationwide service outageFILE – A man uses a cell phone. (Jenny Kane)KERR COUNTY, Texas – The CodeRED emergency alert system is experiencing a “cyber incident” resulting in a nationwide service outage, including in Kerr County, the sheriff’s office said Monday.The vendor is working to resolve the issue and restore full service. Until CodeRED is back online, the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office said the county is relying on Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) alerts. The alerts include Wireless Emergency Alerts to mobile phones, Emergency Alert System messages to televisions and radios and National Weather Service warnings,…

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Earthquake forecasting tools powered by AI can forecast the risk of aftershocks seconds after the initial tremor, a new study suggests. The machine learning models can forecast where, and how many, aftershocks …

Amazon Web Services on Monday announced a plan to build 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity in new datacenters dedicated to serving the US government, at a cost of up to $50 billion. The cloud colossus says it will break ground on the facilities in 2026, and that its new bit barns will add “AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.” AWS CEO Matt Garman said the investment “removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.” That’s a nice line, but Washington’s…

Adopting new technology can seem daunting, but there are already some clubs leading the charge. In August, the Productivity Commission handed down a report that framed artificial intelligence not just as a tool, but as a potentially transformational force – one that could boost Australia’s economic output by more than $116 billion over the next decade. Likening the gains from AI to the impact of steam engines during the Industrial Revolution, the report found that productivity among Australian workers could grow by 4.3 per cent. The Commission also flagged a further $10 billion in productivity improvements annually if businesses and…

A senior resident plays chess with a robot at Shenzhen Nursing Home in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, March 3, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SHENYANG – Artificial joints fitted closely around Zhang’s legs, tiny motors humming as they learned his strides. With each step, the sensors tracked his movements and the whole frame gently pushed him forward. In a rehabilitation center in Beijing’s Fengtai District, the 76-year-old, once dependent on a caregiver, lifts his feet, one after the other, walking with the help of a robotic exoskeleton. “I used to need someone by my side,” he said with a grin. “With the…

Today, we’re excited to announce that Anthropic’s newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is generally available on Vertex AI. As Anthropic’s most advanced model to date, it excels in coding, agents, vision, computer use and office tasks — at one-third the cost of its predecessor, Opus 4.1. We remain committed to providing Vertex AI customers with even more model choice, a core tenet of our platform. This new model adds to the latest Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 models already available on Vertex AI. For customers already building with Claude Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5 serves as an upgrade delivering…

Emergency notification system offline after vendor cybersecurity incident, officials say Updated: 5:00 PM EST Nov 24, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ The South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) is alerting residents to a nationwide outage of the CodeRED notification system, one of several alert tools used by emergency management agencies in South Carolina. The outage follows a cybersecurity incident reported by the system’s vendor, Onsolve, earlier this month.Due to the outage, SCEMD is currently unable to access FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) through the CodeRED platform. However, SCEMD and local agencies that use CodeRED for local alerts can…