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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …

#startups #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #business #privacy #altman #digitalid #digitalprivacy #advertising

The global infrastructure of digital ID is being built right now — and nobody voted for it

7 days / siliconcanals / Justin Brown

Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Verification Service Is Coming to a Gap Store Near You

8 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands

8 days / wsj / Patrick Coffee

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 19845 / 4 stories in 8 days


Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

Hayden Field / theverge - Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It's the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media post…


Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience'

Anthropic Stands Firm Against Pentagon’s AI Weapon Demands as Deadline Approaches

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Anthropic holds firm in DoD face-off over military AI

7 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Anthropic CEO rejects Pentagon ultimatum on unrestricted AI use

7 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

What to know about the showdown between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon

7 days / npr / A Martínez

Anthropic sticks to Claude guardrails despite Pentagon pressure

7 days / techzine / Mels Dees

Anthropic CEO Says AI Company 'Cannot In Good Conscience Accede' To Pentagon

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Anthropic to Pentagon: Autonomous weapons could hurt US troops and civilians

8 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s AI demands

8 days / reddit / /u/BeautyInUgly

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

8 days / bbc

Anthropic rejects latest Pentagon offer: ‘We cannot in good conscience accede to their request’

8 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Anthropic Rejects Pentagon's Final AI Offer, Says Compromise Would Gut Safeguards

8 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic Won’t Lift AI Safeguards Amid Ongoing Pentagon Dispute: CEO

8 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Anthropic Tells Pete Hegseth to Take a Hike

8 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Anthropic CEO says company cannot accede to Pentagon's request in AI safeguards dispute

8 days / reddit / /u/Accurate_Cry_8937

Anthropic Refuses Pentagon’s Proposal to Loosen AI Guardrails

8 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon’s threats ‘do not change our position’ on AI

8 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

8 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

8 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Anthropic says company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands

8 days / ycombinator

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

8 days / reddit / /u/Brilliant_Version344

Anthropic rejects Pentagon's requests in AI safeguards dispute, CEO says

8 days / reddit / /u/runbape


Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate

Anthropic Says No. Google Gives It Away. Congress Says Nothing.

7 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Who really sets AI guardrails? How CIOs can shape AI governance policy

7 days / informationweek / Madeleine Streets

Debatable: AI at the Pentagon

7 days / semafor / Morgan Chalfant

OPINION: Anthropic Drew the Line. Congress Should Have Drawn It First.

8 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google Workers Seek 'Red Lines' on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

8 days / ycombinator

Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

8 days / nytimes / Tripp Mickle

The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived

8 days / platformer / Casey Newton

Why Congress Should Step Into the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute

8 days / techpolicy


OTHER

Perplexity Gets Samsung’s OS Keys

8 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That


Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk

Anthropic rejects Pentagon AI demands, risks first-ever US military blacklist

7 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic holds firm against Pentagon on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance as deadline looms

7 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats

7 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Anthropic Rejects Latest Pentagon Offer, Escalating AI Feud

8 days / reddit / /u/bloomberg

Anthropic, Pentagon Locked in $200 Million Standoff Over AI Ethics

8 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demands it remove AI safeguards

8 days / npr / Geoff Brumfiel


All Other Stories

Anthropic holds firm in DoD face-off over military AI www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

7 days / bsky / @semafor.com / semafor.com

Altman Says OpenAI Is Working on Pentagon Deal Amid Anthropic Standoff

7 days / wsj / Keach Hagey

Anthropic Won’t Lift AI Safeguards Amid Ongoing Pentagon Dispute, CEO Says

7 days / hstoday / Homeland Security Today

Anthropic faces lose-lose scenario in Pentagon conflict as deadline for policy change looms

7 days / cnbc

Big Tech workers press bosses to back Anthropic in Pentagon clash

7 days / ft

“Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.” ==> more of this please w

7 days / bsky / @maxshields.bsky.social / maxshields.bsky.social

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon’s promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing. The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic-pe...

8 days / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon’s promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing. The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-pentagon-authoritarian-ai/

8 days / bsky / @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Outstanding @caseynewton.bsky.social analysis (of course) of the Anthropic/DOD fight. www.platformer.news/anthropic-pe...

8 days / bsky / @lizzieohreally.bsky.social / lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Anthropic Tells Pete Hegseth to Take a Hike

8 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 19844 / 46 stories in 8 days


Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

msmash / slashdot - Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local t…

#ai #dataprivacy #browsers #aiethics #genai #ux #updates #digitalprivacy

Ring Ends SearchParty Feature, New Firefox AI Controls, Planet Parade in View This Week | Tech Today video

7 days / cnet / Kara Tsuboi

New Firefox “AI controls” allow users to block all future AI features

7 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Firefox Has New AI Features. Here's How to Disable Them

8 days / cnet / Julian Dossett

Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Firefox adds AI kill switch for users who are sick and tired of AI-everything

8 days / mashable

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 19841 / 5 stories in 8 days


Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points — AirSnitch lets attackers on the same network intercept data and launch machine-in-the-middle attacks

tomshardware - A team of researchers discovered that they can break cryptographic client isolation on a number of wireless routers by taking advantage of how Wi-Fi networks work.

#cybersecurity #networking #dataprivacy #infosec #wireless #security #hack #encryption #patching #research

Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points — AirSnitch lets attackers on the same network intercept data and launch machine-in-the-middle attacks

8 days / tomshardware

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

8 days / ycombinator

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

8 days / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19824 / 3 stories in 8 days


iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data

Juli Clover / macrumors - The iPhone and iPad can be used with NATO restricted level classified information after meeting NATO's information assurance requirements, Apple said today. No special software or settings are required.Apple's devices are the first and only consumer mobil…


Approval scope: Apple devices cleared to carry NATO restricted data

iPhone and iPad Approved to Handle Classified NATO Information

8 days / apple / John Gruber

Apple Says iPhone and iPad Are Approved to Handle Some Classified Data

8 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak

iPhone and iPad Become First and Only Consumer Devices Approved for Classified NATO Information

8 days / iclarified

iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

NATO Approves iPhone, iPad Use for Sensitive Data

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Your iPhone and iPad Just Got a NATO Security Clearance

8 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data

8 days / theverge / Emma Roth

A decade after US authorization, the iPhone is allowed to handle classified data for NATO

8 days / appleinsider

iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information

8 days / ycombinator

Apple iPhone, iPad now approved to handle NATO info

8 days / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont


German vetting: BSI testing confirmed devices meet NATO requirements

NATO certifies iPhone and iPad for restricted information

8 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

NATO approves the iPhone and iPad for classified use

8 days / engadget / Will Shanklin


All Other Stories

iPhone and iPad Are First Consumer Devices Cleared for NATO Classified Data

8 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19817 / 14 stories in 8 days


Y Combinator-Backed Axiom Exchange Employees Accused of Insider Trading: ZachXBT

André Beganski / decrypt - Multiple employees at Axiom, a non-custodial trading platform, allegedly engaged in insider trading, said blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

#vc #blockchain #cybersecurity #fintech #crypto #dataprivacy #business #law #regulation #crypto

The Daily: ZachXBT probe alleges insider trading at Axiom, Vitalik’s February ETH sales hit $35M, OCC issues GENIUS Act proposal, and more

8 days / theblock / James Hunt

Suspected inside traders betting on Axiom insider trading probe rake in $1 million: Lookonchain

8 days / theblock / Kyle Baird

Y Combinator-Backed Axiom Exchange Employees Accused of Insider Trading: ZachXBT

8 days / decrypt / André Beganski

Crypto investigator ZachXBT alleges trading platform Axiom's employee conducted insider trading

8 days / coindesk / Oliver Knight

ZachXBT names Axiom in investigation into alleged employee insider trading

8 days / theblock / James Hunt

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19810 / 5 stories in 8 days


Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

/u/esporx / reddit - submitted by /u/esporx [link] [comments]

#ai #automation #dataprivacy #voice #aiethics #business #jobs #assistant #digitalprivacy

Burger King turns to AI to flame broil employees who aren't friendly enough

8 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Burger King to use AI to help with meal prep, evaluate employee ‘friendliness’

8 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Burger King’s ‘Patty’ AI Coming Soon to Canada

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'

8 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

Surveillance With a Smile: Burger King Will Use AI to Track If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’

8 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/esporx

Burger King Will Use AI To Check If Employees Say 'Please' and 'Thank You'

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ | AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets.

8 days / reddit / /u/cmaia1503

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19807 / 8 stories in 8 days


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