Anthropic and Hg Launch AI Consultancy as Canva Debuts Craft Image Model

Anthropic and London-based private equity firm Hg have agreed to launch a consultancy by the end of 2026 to embed AI consultants and engineers into European businesses, according to the Financial Times. The new company, backed by Anthropic and the UK buyout group, will advise enterprises on deploying AI technologies including Claude across their operations.

Canva launched its first AI image generation model called Canva Craft, diving deeper into competition with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model uses a two-stage architecture that allows it to plan a design before generating an image, enabling greater precision, consistency, and control for the platform's 185 million monthly users.

SpaceX is preparing to borrow another $40 billion to spend on Nvidia chips, according to reports, even as its credit risk profile rises. SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss a potential merger, a move that would combine Elon Musk's space and automotive empires.

Ride-hailing company inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027, according to reports. The Uber rival is partnering with Nvidia to bring autonomous vehicle technology to Central Asia.

MIT researchers marooned 13 AI agents on a virtual island and observed them inventing games, mourning a lost ring, and eventually improving at their assigned jobs. The study highlights how autonomous AI agents develop emergent behaviors when left without specific tasks.

Hackers were already probing a vulnerability in PHP2Shell four days before defenders were formally notified, giving attackers a significant head start on exploiting the flaw.

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