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.
- 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
Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills
On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid
Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid
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Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’
scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…
- ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership (5)
- Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy (1)
- Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI (8)
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ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership
Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy
Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI
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Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away
digitaltrends - OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and other older models in ChatGPT to focus development on newer, improved GPT versions. The post Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists
Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Reports of testing "problems" had fans worried that Siri's AI makeover was slipping to 2027. Apple says those fears are unfounded.Read More...
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Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
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xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.The article xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safe…
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Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors
tomshardware - Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their …
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Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI
Ekemini / ventureburn - Didero is pioneering agentic AI tools, automating enterprise procurement, and has recently secured $30 million dollars in Series A funding to improve and accelerate the building of tools aimed atThe post Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI …
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IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era
Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - The company has announced that the expansion of roles will be across the board, impacting a wide range of departments. Read more: IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era
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Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion.The article Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion appeared first on The Decoder.
- Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers (2)
- Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth (7)
- Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation (10)
Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers
Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth
Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation
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simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - simmetry.ai, asynthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors,has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of theGerman state of Lower Saxony. Th...
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MiniMax Unveils M2.5: $1/HR “Full‑Stack AI Employee” Rivals Claude Opus 4.6
pandaily - MiniMax open‑sourced M2.5, a 10B‑activated‑parameter coding model scoring 80.2% on SWE‑Bench Verified, with 100 TPS inference at $1/hr — driving 10K+ Agents built in 24 hours .
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