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Anthropic has quietly expanded its capabilities with the acquisition of Opaque Systems, a startup specializing in confidential computing. The technology allows AI models to process sensitive data while keeping it shielded at the hardware level, meaning the system itself never fully exposes the information it's working with. For a company building some of the most powerful AI systems in the world, that's a meaningful step toward handling medical records, financial data, and other high-stakes material responsibly.
Shifting to a humanitarian story with serious implications, the United Nations World Food Programme has announced it will cut food assistance in Gaza from one point six million people down to one point one million, leaving roughly five hundred thousand without critical aid. The reason is straightforward and painful: the money simply isn't there. In a territory where two thirds of the population is already acutely food insecure, that gap is not an abstraction.
And in India, a startup called Even Healthcare has reached a three hundred million dollar valuation after a new funding round led by Khosla Ventures. The company is building a hospital network aimed at reshaping how healthcare economics work in India, where access and affordability remain deeply uneven. Khosla is doubling down, suggesting real conviction that this model can scale.
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