US Military Accidentally Shoots Down Border Protection Drone With Laser

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, law…

#defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #us #immigration #law #drone

US military uses a laser to blast a drone out of the sky on the US-Mexico border — the target belonged to Customs and Border Protection in the friendly fire incident

6 days / tomshardware

7 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border

7 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

The US military reportedly shot down a CBP drone with a laser

7 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Anthropic digs in on AI standoff with the Pentagon

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Anthropic has pressed for assurances its Claude AI won't be engaged in mass surveillance of Americans or used in autonomous weapons without human oversight

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #openai #aiethics #genai #government #us #safety

Big-picture stakes: ethics, warfare, and AI's future in conflict (9)
Capitol pressure and policy moves reshape Anthropic's federal contracts (7)
Pentagon threatens blacklist, demands 'any lawful use' access (9)
Rivals and staff rally, set industry red lines (11)
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7 days / cnbc

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

8 days / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

8 days / reddit / /u/waozen

Rivals and staff rally, set industry red lines

Pentagon approves OpenAI safety red lines after dumping Anthropic

7 days / axios / Maria Curi

OpenAI says it shares Anthropic's 'red lines' over military AI use

7 days / npr / Shannon Bond

Sam Altman backs rival Anthropic in fight with Pentagon

7 days / bbc

Google Deepmind and OpenAI employees demand Anthropic-style red lines on Pentagon surveillance and autonomous weapons

7 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic

7 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

Sam Altman Insists He Also Has Principles as Anthropic’s Pentagon Stand Off Continues

7 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman aims to 'help de-escalate' tensions with Pentagon as OpenAI employees voice support for Anthropic

7 days / cnbc

OpenAI is reportedly working with Pentagon to hash out guardrails amid Anthropic standoff over AI safety

7 days / sherwood / J. Edward Moreno

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Shares Anthropic's Red Lines in Pentagon Fight

7 days / slashdot / msmash

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter

7 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight

7 days / axios / Maria Curi

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Please god everybody stop falling for this nonsense. No the DoD should not do this! But also Anthropic got here specifically by lying about what AI can do. Amodei takes money from the Sauds and is already pro-war! Do not credit this company with overwhe

7 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon supply chain risk designation in court

7 days / ycombinator

It is wild that one of the things that the department of defense wanted to force Anthropic to do (controlling autonomous weapons) is not something LLMs actually do. The mass surveillance part is even kind of flimsy!

7 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.

7 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Have to give credit to Dario Amodei on this. Standing his ground against the US military because he suspects it could be the beginning of an AI-driven dystopian mess, takes some balls. techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/a...

7 days / bsky / @oisinmcgann.bsky.social / oisinmcgann.bsky.social

Because: "Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons that conduct strikes without human input." ://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at

7 days / bsky / @nursevan.bsky.social / nursevan.bsky.social

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.

7 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Empleados de Google y OpenAI se unieron a la oposición de Anthropic al uso irrestricto de sus productos para vigilancia y armamento autónomo por el gobierno estadounidense. Enviaron una carta abierta instando a otros líderes de IA a unirse. techcrunch.c

7 days / bsky / @mr-bytes.com / mr-bytes.com

oh fuck off www.axios.com/2026/02/27/a...

7 days / bsky / @jmsdnns.bsky.social / jmsdnns.bsky.social

Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance

techspot - The clearance puts Apple in an exclusive position – no other consumer smartphone or tablet maker has ever reached the same security threshold under the alliance's information assurance standards.Read Entire Article

#cybersecurity #infosec #apple #defensetech #government #iphone #ios #security #ipad #encryption

Governments Can Now Access NATO Classified Files From iPads (And It's A Big Deal)

7 days / bgr

Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance

7 days / techspot

Apple iPhone and iPad become first to handle NATO restricted data

7 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

NATO thinks stock iPhones and iPads are secure enough for classified data

8 days / digitaltrends

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…

#ai #dataprivacy #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #politics #government #us

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience' (21)
Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate (8)
OTHER (1)
Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk (6)
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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

8 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

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

8 days / npr / A Martínez

Anthropic sticks to Claude guardrails despite Pentagon pressure

8 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

8 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

8 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

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

8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats

8 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

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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

8 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

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…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #apple #defensetech #government #iphone #ipad #technology #encryption

Approval scope: Apple devices cleared to carry NATO restricted data (11)
German vetting: BSI testing confirmed devices meet NATO requirements (2)
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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

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

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

US Pentagon Pressures Anthropic to Lift AI Guardrails: What Does It Mean For AI Governance?

Aakriti Bansal / medianama - The Dario Amodei-led AI company has already reworked a commitment within its Responsible Scaling Policy, even though stakeholders say the change is unrelated.The post US Pentagon Pressures Anthropic to Lift AI Guardrails: What Does It Mean For AI Governan…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #us #safety

Anthropic’s autonomous weapons stance could prove out of step with modern war

8 days / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

Claude Opus 3 Is Being “Retired” — Here’s What That Actually Means

8 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Pentagon threatens to cut Anthropic off unless it drops AI guardrails

8 days / techspot

Anthropic's AI standoff with the Pentagon is nearing a critical deadline

8 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

US Pentagon Pressures Anthropic to Lift AI Guardrails: What Does It Mean For AI Governance?

8 days / medianama / Aakriti Bansal

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise

8 days / ycombinator

Hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to attack multiple government agencies in Mexico: This resulted in the theft of tax and voter information.

8 days / reddit / /u/Vrgom20

US Military warns Anthropic: Provide unrestricted AI or face penalties

8 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Anthropic just dropped its core AI safety promise, and that should worry you

9 days / reddit / /u/Ok_Regular_8225

Poland’s FlyFocus Raises €4.5M To Scale European-Made Drone Production

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - FlyFocus, a Warsaw-based defence technology company, has secured €4.5 million in funding. The round was led by ffVC, with participation from the NCBR Investment Fund, the VC arm of Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development. The company will us…

#vc #hardware #defensetech #business #aerospace #supplychain #europe #manufacturing #drone

€4.5M raised by FlyFocus to scale European drone production

8 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Poland’s FlyFocus Raises €4.5M To Scale European-Made Drone Production

8 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

FlyFocus Raises €4.5M in Funding

9 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Poland’s FlyFocus raises €4.5M to build European alternative to Chinese drones

9 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic weakens its safety pledge in the wake of the Pentagon's pressure campaign

Will Shanklin / engadget - Two stories about the Claude maker Anthropic broke on Tuesday that, when combined, arguably paint a chilling picture. First, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly pressuring Anthropic to yield its AI safeguards and give the military unrestrained…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #governance #us #safety

Anthropic expands commercially: integrations, crawler changes, and Vercept buy. (4)
Claude exploited and buggy — major data thefts and RCE flaws. (3)
Pentagon pressures Anthropic; safety pledges retreat under deadline. (13)
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Anthropic expands commercially: integrations, crawler changes, and Vercept buy.

Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders

9 days / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Intapp Adds Celeste AI Agents to Automate Tasks for Services Firms

9 days / techstrong / Mike Vizard

Anthropic’s Claude Bots Make Robots.txt Decisions More Granular via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

9 days / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Starlink, Anthropic, Full-Page Screenshots, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2026

9 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

Claude exploited and buggy — major data thefts and RCE flaws.

Claude collaboration tools left the door wide open to remote code execution

9 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude To Steal Sensitive Mexican Data

9 days / slashdot / msmash

Hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to attack multiple government agencies in Mexico

9 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Pentagon pressures Anthropic; safety pledges retreat under deadline.

Anthropic, OpenAI Dial Back Safety Language as AI Race Accelerates

9 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is 'not the end of the world'

9 days / cnbc

Anthropic Softens Safety Rules to Compete, Risks Blacklist to Fight Pentagon

9 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

A lot of AI safety is a grift and the moment they have to do anything that requires Anthropic to actually handle a safety issue that exists in the here and now they relent. They don’t care. They never have. https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#“we

9 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic changes safety policy amid intense AI competition

9 days / mashable

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

9 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Anthropic Rolls Back Safety Protocols as It Waits to Find Out If It’s Being Drafted by the Army

9 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

9 days / techdirt / Matthew Guariglia

All your bots are belong to US if you don't play ball, DoD tells Anthropic

9 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Anthropic weakens its safety pledge in the wake of the Pentagon's pressure campaign

9 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic

9 days / ycombinator

Anthropic doesn’t want Claude controlling autonomous weapons. The Pentagon may not give them a choice.

9 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic Overhauls Core Tenet Of Its Safety Policy

9 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

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Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.

9 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

9 days / reddit / /u/Brilliant_Version344

How Quickly Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?

9 days / reddit / /u/stvlsn

Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without a

9 days / bsky / @techdirt.com / techdirt.com

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon

9 days / reddit / /u/mepper

Anthropic Dials Back AI Safety Commitments

Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The company said competitive pressure prompted it to pivot away from the previous, more-cautious stance.

#ai #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #business #us #safety #regulation

Context: op-eds, risk timelines and AI scene-setting (3)
On the ground: Anthropic backs away from safety pledge (7)
Silicon front: data-extraction claims and enterprise product moves (2)
Washington: Pentagon gives Anthropic a Friday deadline, threatens action (12)

Context: op-eds, risk timelines and AI scene-setting

Anthropic vs. The God of War

10 days / techstrong / Alan Shimel

50M Brains, One AI Machine

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

Anthropic believes RSI (recursive self improvement) could arrive “as soon as early 2027”

10 days / reddit / /u/Tolopono

On the ground: Anthropic backs away from safety pledge

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

9 days / slashdot / msmash

Anthropic Drops Hard Safety Limits From its AI Scaling Policy

9 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic eases AI safety restrictions to avoid slowing development

9 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Time Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / reddit / /u/n0rwester

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / ycombinator

Anthropic Dials Back AI Safety Commitments

10 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Silicon front: data-extraction claims and enterprise product moves

Anthropic upgrades Cowork and plugins on Claude for Enterprise

10 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Firms of 16M Claude Data Extraction

10 days / betanews / Camila Nogueira

Washington: Pentagon gives Anthropic a Friday deadline, threatens action

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

9 days / arstechnica / George Hammond and Steff Chávez, Financial Times

Pew Measured the Gap. Hegseth Set the Clock.

9 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demand to loosen military AI restrictions, faces Defense Production Act threat

9 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Pentagon hits Claude with scary AI ultimatum

9 days / therundown / Zach Mink

Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails

10 days / reddit / /u/app1310

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

10 days / theverge / Tina Nguyen

Pentagon’s Anthropic feud deepened after tense exchange over missile attacks

10 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Following: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon

10 days / platformer / Lindsey Choo

US Military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards

10 days / ycombinator

Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute

10 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Pentagon sets Friday deadline for Anthropic to abandon ethics rules for AI — or else

10 days / reddit / /u/leeta0028

Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military's use of AI

10 days / reddit / /u/AThousandBloodhounds

$200M on the Line: Pentagon Meets Anthropic CEO Over AI Restrictions

Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to meet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the Pentagon presses for broader military use of Claude.The post $200M on the Line: Pentagon Meets Anthropic CEO Over AI Restrictions appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #supplychain #us #safety

$200M contract at stake amid Anthropic dispute (2)
Anthropic holds firm on safety red lines (1)
Pentagon's Friday ultimatum: DPA threat and supply-chain pressure (10)
Search for Claude replacements: Grok, Gemini, OpenAI options (2)
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$200M contract at stake amid Anthropic dispute

Hegseth threatens to cancel Anthropic's $200 million contract over "woke AI" concerns

10 days / npr / Bobby Allyn

$200M on the Line: Pentagon Meets Anthropic CEO Over AI Restrictions

10 days / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Anthropic holds firm on safety red lines

Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute

10 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Pentagon's Friday ultimatum: DPA threat and supply-chain pressure

Pentagon Gives Anthropic an Ultimatum Over the Company’s A.I. Model

10 days / nytimes / Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

US threatens Anthropic with deadline in dispute on AI safeguards

10 days / bbc

Anthropic-Pentagon feud escalates

10 days / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Pete Hegseth Gives Anthropic Choice to Abandon AI Safeguards or Be Labeled ‘National Security Threat’

10 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

The Pentagon has reportedly given Anthropic until Friday to let it use Claude as it sees fit

10 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

Anthropic Faces Friday Deadline to Drop AI Safeguards or Lose Pentagon Contract

10 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Pentagon Gives Anthropic Ultimatum and Deadline in AI Use Standoff

10 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Hegseth Gives Anthropic Until Friday To Back Down on AI Safeguards

10 days / slashdot / msmash

Hegseth threatens to cut Anthropic from Pentagon supply chain in showdown with CEO

10 days / ft

Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight

10 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Search for Claude replacements: Grok, Gemini, OpenAI options

Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth

10 days / cnbc

One Of The World's Most Unhinged AI Chatbots Will Soon Have Access To Military Intelligence

10 days / bgr

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Pete Hegseth Demands Anthropic Drop AI Safety Guardrails https://gizmodo.com/pete-hegseth-anthropic-abandon-ai-safeguards-or-national-security-threat-2000726145

10 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

more extortion from this administration?? gizmodo.com/pete-hegseth...

10 days / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

gizmodo.com/pete-hegseth...

10 days / bsky / @aleianjack.bsky.social / aleianjack.bsky.social

is this bad this seems bad gizmodo.com/pete-hegseth...

10 days / bsky / @delafina777.bsky.social / delafina777.bsky.social

The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech.

10 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Happy to see Anthropic stand their ground..."Anthropic doesn’t want its technology used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons — and is refusing to compromise on these points with the Pentagon." Good!! Hope others f

10 days / bsky / @bardel.bsky.social / bardel.bsky.social

Even as Anthropic moves deeper into enterprise, it hits a wall at DOD

10 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Anthropic Pushes Claude Beyond Chat Into Enterprise Workflows

10 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

AI-fueled stock slide subsides

10 days / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Frankenburg Technologies Raises €30M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Frankenburg Technologies, a Tallinn, Estonia-based company which specializes in missile systems designed for mass production and rapid regeneration, raised €30M in Series a funding. The round was led by Plural and followed by SmartCap. The raise brought t…

#startups #innovation #defensetech #government #business #aerospace #supplychain #europe #manufacturing #technology

Frankenburg Technologies secures €30M to advance its missile defence systems

10 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Estonian missile defence startup Frankenburg Technologies raises €30M

10 days / tech / John Reynolds

Plural leads €30M for Tallinn’s Frankenburg, building ‘SpaceX for missiles’

10 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Frankenburg Technologies Secures €30M Series A Funding

10 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

European missile manufacturing push gains momentum as Frankenburg closes €30 million funding round

11 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Frankenburg Technologies Raises €30M in Series A Funding

11 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Air defence startups Frankenburg and Tytan raise €30m each from Plural, NATO Innovation Fund

11 days / sifted

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on AI DoD model use

cnbc - Anthropic does not want its AI models to be used for autonomous weapons or to spy on Americans.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #us #law

Accusations of Chinese firms siphoning Claude via 'distillation' attacks (6)
Anthropic-backed Super PAC launches AI regulation ad blitz (1)
Claude Code launches and market shock reverberate across tech stocks (8)
Pentagon showdown: Anthropic CEO pressed over military access limits (5)
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Accusations of Chinese firms siphoning Claude via 'distillation' attacks

Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports

11 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

24,000 fake Claude accounts

11 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic accuses Deepseek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of stealing Claude's AI data through 16 million queries

11 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic announces proof of distillation at scale by MiniMax, DeepSeek,Moonshot

11 days / ycombinator

Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude

11 days / slashdot / msmash

Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude

11 days / wsj / Robert McMillan

Anthropic-backed Super PAC launches AI regulation ad blitz

Backed by Anthropic, a Super PAC Begins an Ad Blitz in Support of A.I. Regulation

11 days / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Claude Code launches and market shock reverberate across tech stocks

IBM sinks as Anthropic positions Claude Code as the ideal tool for code modernization

11 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares are tanking 11% on Anthropic programming language threat

11 days / cnbc

Infosec community panics as Anthropic rolls out Claude code security checker

11 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Wrote the intro for this week's Premium but wanted to share in advance, because people need to start being realistic about what Claude Code/Codex can actually do, and how they are not replacing All Software Companies in a few prompts (and no, they will no

11 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic's AI Fluency Index finds that polished AI output makes users less likely to check for errors

11 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Cybersecurity stocks drop for a second day as new Anthropic tool fuels AI disruption fears

11 days / cnbc

Claude Cowork, AI hype, and its real impact on white-collar work

11 days / fastcompany / Alex Christian

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Stock Drops 9% as Anthropic AI Tool Hits Cybersecurity Sector

11 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Pentagon showdown: Anthropic CEO pressed over military access limits

Pentagon Summons Anthropic Chief in Dispute Over A.I. Limits

11 days / nytimes / Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

The Pentagon wants fewer AI limits. Anthropic doesn’t. Here’s why it matters

11 days / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

Report: Anthropic CEO Amodei meeting with Hegseth at the Pentagon as tensions mount

11 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on AI DoD model use

11 days / cnbc

Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude

11 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

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AI company which trains its models on stolen data accuses other AI companies of stealing data

11 days / bsky / @nohillside.ch / nohillside.ch

According to report, the Pentagon is considering effectively blacklisting Anthropic’s AI if it doesn’t capitulate to the administration’s terms. sherwood.news/power/report...

11 days / bsky / @jonkeegan.com / jonkeegan.com

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

Steven Levy / wired - Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #business #safety #regulation

DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence (2)
On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback (7)
OTHER (2)
Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks (6)
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DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

14 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Congress—Not the Pentagon or Anthropic—Should Set Military AI Rules - Lawfare

14 days / lawfaremedia

On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

14 days / wired / Steven Levy

Pentagon vs. Anthropic: The AI Ethics Showdown Shaping Future Military Tech - OpenTools

14 days / opentools

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

14 days / fastcompany / Rob Walker

The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express

14 days / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Mar

Pentagon AI Integration and Anthropic: Ethics, Strategy, and the Future of Defence Technology Partnerships - Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute (BISI)

15 days / bisi

Maduro raid questions trigger Pentagon review of top AI firm as potential 'supply chain risk' - MSN

15 days / msn

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute - DefenseScoop

15 days / defensescoop

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Premium Newsletter: The Hater's Guide To Anthropic, an inefficient, bloated AI ab that loses billions of dollars, deceives developers, burns as much as $8-$13 for every dollar of Claude Code revenue, and needs $283 billion to survive the next 4 years. htt

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic allowing Claude Code users to burn 8-13.5x their subscription cost in tokens, the crumbling of the data center financing industry, and AI's lack of impact on overall productivity. https://youtu.be/N_3X6qF2tT

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks

JFrog Lost 25% in One Day. AI-Native Startups Have More to Lose.

14 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Cyber Stocks Slide As Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security'

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Cybersecurity stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security

14 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Wall Street Reacts as Claude Disrupts Cybersecurity Market

14 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs

14 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

What Builders Are Making With Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI

14 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

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Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

14 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Dutch defense chief claims F-35 could be "jailbroken like an iPhone" to bypass US approval

techspot - In an interview with NR Nieuwsradio, Tuinman was asked if the F-35's software could be altered by European forces without the United States' consent should they lose the US as an ally – a prospect that has been repeatedly raised as tensions between the co…

#cybersecurity #software #defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #supplychain #us #europe #eu

The hidden risk of driving a car that runs on someone else's code

16 days / techspot

Dutch defense chief claims F-35 could be "jailbroken like an iPhone" to bypass US approval

16 days / techspot

You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief

16 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Dutch Secretary of Defense threatens to 'jailbreak' nation's F-35 jet fighters — says it's just like jailbreaking an iPhone, in response to questions over software independence

16 days / tomshardware

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomo…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #supplychain #palantir #regulation

I found Claude for Government buried in the Claude Desktop binary. Here's what Anthropic built, how it got deployed, and the line they're still holding against the Pentagon.

17 days / reddit / /u/aaddrick

‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic

17 days / wsj / Keach Hagey

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

Good to know! www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @ajvicens.bsky.social / ajvicens.bsky.social

"Soon after the Maduro raid, during a regular check-in that Palantir holds with Anthropic, an Anthropic official discussed the operation with a Palantir senior executive, who gathered from the exchange that the AI startup disapproved of its technolog

17 days / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift

17 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

17 days / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Pentagon Weighs Axing $200M Anthropic Deal in Moral Standoff Over AI Safeguards

17 days / eweek / Grant Harvey

Pentagon Considers Designating Anthropic AI as a ‘Supply Chain Risk’: Report

17 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Pentagon Selects SpaceX for $100 Million Drone Swarming Competition

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR SpaceX and xAI selected for Pentagon’s $100 million autonomous drone technology competition Six-month contest launched January 2026 to develop voice-command systems for multiple drones SpaceX acquired xAI before entering competition and ahead of plan…

#ai #robotics #ml #voice #defensetech #government #aerospace #us #xai #drone

Musk's companies join Pentagon competition for voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms

17 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Pentagon Selects SpaceX for $100 Million Drone Swarming Competition

17 days / parameter / Trader Edge

SpaceX and xAI Enter Pentagon’s $100M Drone Swarm AI Contest

17 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

SpaceX to compete in Pentagon contest for autonomous drone tech

18 days / techxplore

UK thermal intelligence startup SatVu secures €34 million to scale multi-satellite constellation

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - SatVu, a London-based thermal intelligence company that reveals operational activity and infrastructure performance from space, has closed a €34 million (£30 million) funding round bringing its total equity funding to €68 million (£60 million), as it acce…

#innovation #analytics #defensetech #space #government #business #aerospace #uk #camera #satellite

UK thermal intelligence startup SatVu secures €34 million to scale multi-satellite constellation

17 days / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

SatVu raises £30M led by NATO Innovation Fund to build thermal imaging constellation

17 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

SatVu closes a £30M funding round to accelerate its multi-satellite constellation

17 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates

Dave Lawler / axios - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "close" to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a "supply chain risk" — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon off…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #supplychain #us

Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight (3)
Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships (6)
Other: CEO commentary and research angles (3)
Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude (11)
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Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight

this is the real test of whether anthropic actually gives a shit about anything and I would be utterly unsurprised if they cave just like they did on raising funds from the middle east [contains quote post or other embedded content]

18 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic Hides Claude AI File Access, Sparking Developer Revolt

18 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it

18 days / ycombinator

Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships

Anthropic and Infosys to build customized AI agents

18 days / techzine / Mels Dees

Infosys, Anthropic Partner on AI for Telecom, Finance, Manufacturing

18 days / wsj / Kosaku Narioka

Anthropic Claude Enters US Collegiate Computer Science Program

18 days / techstrong / Adrian Bridgwater

Anthropic Secures $30B Series G to Expand AI Products

18 days / ventureburn / Clinton

Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts

18 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic Opens First India Office In Bengaluru

18 days / inc42 / Anjali Jain

Other: CEO commentary and research angles

From cats and dogs to Erdős: AI groups chase progress through maths

18 days / ft

Anthropic's CEO Says AI and Software Engineers Are in 'Centaur Phase' - But It Won't Last Long

18 days / slashdot / msmash

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei suggests OpenAI doesn't "really understand the risks they're taking"

18 days / reddit / /u/ethereal3xp

Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude

Pentagon Threatens Anthropic With Supply Chain Risk Label Over Military AI Limits

18 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Pentagon officials threaten to blacklist Anthropic over its military chatbot policies

18 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

The Pentagon Just Sent a Terrifying Message to AI Companies

18 days / reddit / /u/NorthenFreeman

Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

18 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Anthropic’s Deal With US Military Under Threat

18 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Pentagon Threatens to Cut Off Anthropic Over AI Ethics Dispute

18 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Punishment

18 days / slashdot / msmash

Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates

18 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Anthropic resists Pentagon push for autonomous weapon AI use

18 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Anthropic Appoints Ex-Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell to Board

18 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Pentagon could cut ties with Anthropic over AI safeguard rift

18 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

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Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Punishment https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/16/1459236/pentagon-threatens-anthropic-punishment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

18 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

The way they’re going about all of this, we’ll need to treat the AI tools they do sanction as viruses that need to be eradicated from government systems in 3 years. And it may be a multi-year process. www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...

18 days / bsky / @horadam.bsky.social / horadam.bsky.social

Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The use of the model through a contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of AI in the Pentagon.

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #us #palantir #regulation

At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR (3)
Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills (5)
On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid (4)
Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid (1)
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At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR

Anthropic CEO Warns AI Firms Risk Bankruptcy Over Timing

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows

21 days / reddit / /u/app1310

Anthropic's public benefit mission

21 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills

Hello everyone! I am working on something and could use your help. If you pay for Claude code, please type npx ccusage@latest into your terminal and send me a screenshot of your usage from the last month, along with your level of subscription ($20/100/200

20 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

MiniMax M2.5: Open-Source AI “Matches” Claude Opus at 1/20th Cost

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Patient Advocate Uses Claude AI to Slash $163K Hospital Bill

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Golf game built last night with Claude Code, Svelte and ThreeJS

20 days / ycombinator

GPT 5.2 Pro + Claude 4.6 Opus For $5/Month

21 days / reddit / /u/Substantial_Ear_1131

On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid

Pentagon Demands Unrestricted AI for Classified Military Networks

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Pentagon used Anthropic's Claude during Maduro raid

21 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

21 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

The US Military Started Using An AI Chatbot You've Probably Never Heard Of

21 days / bgr

Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

21 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

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Are Anthropic’s new AI work tools game-changing for professionals?

19 days / ft

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back,

19 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

19 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Tom Cruise Fights Brad Pitt

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

Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals

19 days / ycombinator

Pentagon Reportedly Hopping Mad at Anthropic for Not Blindly Supporting Everything Military Does

19 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Anthropic brings slash commands and SSH support to Claude Code

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / reddit / /u/MaryADraper

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Quoting Boris Cherny

20 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Even if Dario Amodei is telling the truth about Anthropic’s “50% gross margins” (40% is what’s reported but he said it on an interview) on API calls, Anthropic is in this case selling $295.47 ($591.30 in tokens) API calls for $100. I have seen as high as

20 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Pentagon's use of Claude during Maduro raid sparks Anthropic feud

21 days / reddit / /u/Naurgul

I found loosely equivalent but much less interesting documents for Anthropic simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...

21 days / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system

Colin Demarest / axios - The counter-drone weapon that caused a shutdown of El Paso's airspace on Wednesday was AeroVironment's LOCUST, a 20-kilowatt laser system, Axios has confirmed.Why it matters: The Army sees the cutting-edge weapon as a way to combat drones without firing e…

#techpolicy #defensetech #government #aviation #aerospace #DHS #immigration #drone #faa #regulation

Startup in spotlight: How INLEAP’s lasers protect critical infrastructure from drones

22 days / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

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22 days / bsky / @tambria.bsky.social / tambria.bsky.social

Laser weapon that shut down El Paso's skies was LOCUST system

22 days / axios / Colin Demarest

Oracle suits up for Air Force Cloud One program with $88M contract

22 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

El Paso airspace closure was reportedly triggered by the CBP’s use of an anti-drone laser

22 days / theverge / Emma Roth

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