THE AI TRACKER

From wearables to urban makeovers, here's a snapshot of the most striking AI stories making headlines this week...

- Sugandha Mukherjee

Anthropic is implementing new weekly rate limits for its Claude AI service, specifically targeting high-usage subscribers of Claude Code, effective August 28. These new limitations aim to mitigate excessive continuous usage of Claude Code, particularly by subscribers operating the AI coding tool "continuously in the background, 24/7". Anthropic also indicated that the rate limits are intended to address violations of Claude's usage policy, which include account sharing and the unauthorized reselling of access to Claude Code.

In an unusual fusion of folklore and frontier tech, China has launched a weather alert system named after Mazu, the sea goddess worshipped by coastal communities. The AI-driven tool uses machine learning to predict typhoons and floods along the country's southeast coast. The system, built for global use, was revealed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. China's weather body, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), is working with nations like Ethiopia and Pakistan to develop these systems together. Mazu beliefs were listed as UNESCO cultural heritage in 2009.