COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time

Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from colle…

14 hrs / abcnews

Big Asian social media markets step up ban on access for under-16s

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Karnataka To Ban Social Media For Children Below 16

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OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here.Familiar tensions around Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO Sam Altman voiced his s…

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Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps (3)
GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win (22)
OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects (4)
Pentagon deal fallout: Altman's credibility on the line (6)
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Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps

OpenAI sets new safety standards following Solomon meeting and pressure over Tumbler Ridge response

30 hrs / betakit / Alex Riehl

OpenAI Commits to Stronger AI Safety Standards for Canada

32 hrs / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Canadian government says OpenAI will take further steps to strengthen safety protocols

34 hrs / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with computer vision, tool use enhancements

27 hrs / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 model on ChatGPT and Codex

27 hrs / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 with more “professional work” skills

29 hrs / sherwood / Jon Keegan

OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 focuses on real work like spreadsheets, documents, and coding

30 hrs / betanews / Wayne Williams

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge work capability

30 hrs / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

GPT-5.4 Is Here: OpenAI’s ‘Most Capable and Efficient’ Model for Professional Work

30 hrs / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

OpenAI Ships GPT-5.4

31 hrs / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model makes ChatGPT better at handling your complex, multi-step workflows

31 hrs / digitaltrends

OpenAI, in Desperate Need of a Win, Launches GPT-5.4

31 hrs / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Days Just After Last Version as 'QuitGPT' Exodus Gains Steam

31 hrs / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4: New Financial Analysis Tools Hit Excel and Google Sheets

31 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 Thinking and Pro combining coding, reasoning, and computer use in one model

31 hrs / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Native Computer Control and 1M Token Context [Video]

31 hrs / iclarified

OpenAI Releases New GPT-5.4 Flagship Model

32 hrs / thurrott / Laurent Giret

OpenAI Stopped Selling Intelligence. GPT-5.4 Sells Labor Instead.

32 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Model For Working In Excel and Google Sheets

32 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Built-In Computer Use and 1 Million Token Context Window

32 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

New ChatGPT 5.4 Model Is 'Built for Agents.' Will It Lure Back Claude Converts?

33 hrs / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions

33 hrs / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents

33 hrs / theverge / Emma Roth

I hope you like spreadsheets, because GPT-5.4 loves them

33 hrs / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

OpenAI Teases GPT-5.4 with Cryptic Post — and the Upgrades Could Be Massive

34 hrs / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects

RecordPoint Adds MCP Server to Centralize Governance of AI Agents

31 hrs / techstrong / Mike Vizard

GPT 5.4 Thinking and Pro

32 hrs / ycombinator

GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro

33 hrs / ycombinator

GPT-5.4 Thinking System Card

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Pentagon deal fallout: Altman's credibility on the line

Nvidia Is Probably Done Investing in OpenAI and Anthropic, Says CEO—Why?

28 hrs / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix

28 hrs / wired / Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway

29 hrs / wired / Maxwell Zeff

Sam Altman Wants Elected Officials, Not OpenAI, to Decide How Military Uses AI

32 hrs / wsj / Berber Jin

OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

33 hrs / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

OpenAI's Altman takes jabs at Anthropic, says government should be more powerful than companies

34 hrs / cnbc

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In which @ellamarkianos.bsky.social attends a protest at OpenAI and finds an anti-movement gradually gathering steam. A fun story, given the stakes www.platformer.news/openai-prote...

23 hrs / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

In which Ella Markianos attends a protest at OpenAI and finds an anti-movement gradually gathering steam. A fun story, given the stakes https://www.platformer.news/openai-protest-military-ai-movement/

23 hrs / bsky / @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 to Automate Complex Professional Work

25 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

Inside the backlash to the AI war machine

26 hrs / platformer / Ella Markianos

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

26 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications. www.wired.com/story/openai...

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www.wired.com/story/openai...

26 hrs / bsky / @tepski.tech / tepski.tech

Huge scoop from @mzeff.bsky.social: Sources say the DoD used Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications www.wired.com/story/openai...

26 hrs / bsky / @laurengoode.bsky.social / laurengoode.bsky.social

In 2023, OpenAI’s usage policy explicitly banned the military from accessing its AI models. But some OpenAI employees discovered the Pentagon had already started experimenting with Azure OpenAI, a version of OpenAI’s models offered by Microsoft, sources s

26 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

That same year, OpenAI employees saw Pentagon officials walking through the company’s San Francisco offices, leaving employees confused about what OpenAI’s usage policies meant. Did the policy apply to Microsoft? OpenAI says now that it didn’t.

26 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

OpenAI’s latest Pentagon deal divided employees. While CEO Sam Altman said publicly he supported certain red lines—to not allow its AI to be used for legal mass surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons—the company’s agreement appeared to leav

26 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

“Our ability to understand the effects of military AI in war is and will be severely hindered due to layers of opacity,” said the former head of OpenAI’s geopolitics team in a Substack post. “It’s black boxes all the way down.” Read the full story: www.w

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26 hrs / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Introducing GPT‑5.4

27 hrs / simonwillison / Simon Willison

GPT-5.4: reasoning benchmarks flat, professional work +12pts. OpenAI pivoted from selling intelligence to selling labor. Input tokens up 43% to $2.50/M. Classic enterprise play #AI #OpenAI https://www.implicator.ai/openai-stopped-selling-intelligence-gpt-

29 hrs / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

GPT-5.4 is billed as "our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work."

29 hrs / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Sam Altman’s abrupt Pentagon announcement brings protesters to HQ

32 hrs / reddit / /u/abrownn

If the original "Terminator" movie had a prequel...could this be the origin story of Skynet? www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/o... via @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com @cnbc.com

32 hrs / bsky / @thedomino.bsky.social / thedomino.bsky.social

Anthropic Returns to Negotiations With Pentagon Over AI Guardrails

PYMNTS / pymnts - Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei has resumed discussions with the Pentagon over how the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) models can be used by the U.S. military, reopening negotiations that collapsed last week over disagreements about safety r…

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

Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos (3)
Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations (4)
Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict (5)
Wider debate: AI guardrails, industry impact and lessons (3)
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Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos

Anthropic CEO Calls OpenAI Pentagon Messaging ‘Lies’

29 hrs / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls OpenAI's Messaging Around Military Deal 'Straight Up Lies'

34 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

Amodei torches OpenAI in leaked memo

40 hrs / therundown / Zach Mink

Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations

OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate—The Chaos Continues

29 hrs / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Not so fast: Anthropic and US military might do business after all

33 hrs / mashable

Anthropic Returns to Negotiations With Pentagon Over AI Guardrails

33 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon

34 hrs / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict

Anthropic labelled a supply chain risk by Pentagon

30 hrs / bbc

It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk

30 hrs / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk

31 hrs / ycombinator

Anthropic officially told by DOD that it's a supply chain risk even as Claude used in Iran

32 hrs / cnbc

Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk, Escalating Conflict

32 hrs / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Wider debate: AI guardrails, industry impact and lessons

The year of Anthropic

31 hrs / qz / Jackie Snow

Each month it seems like there's more – with higher stakes – to talk about w/ @kantrowitz.bsky.social... • Anthropic v. the US Government • Apple's AI Wearable Future • Netflix Walks Away from Warner Bros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzhr1_MwmBk

33 hrs / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Lessons from Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon

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Smart businesses don’t adapt to crony capitalism

29 hrs / fastcompany / Daniella Ballou-Aares

Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself

James Farrell / siliconangle - The father of a man who committed suicide after interactions with Google LLC’s Gemini chatbot launched a lawsuit today alleging that Gemini fueled his son’s delusions. Thirty-six-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas started using Gemini last year fo…

#ai #techpolicy #google #aiethics #genai #mentalhealth #contentmoderation #litigation #safety #gemini

The Chatbot Didn’t Pull the Trigger

42 hrs / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself

2 days / siliconangle / James Farrell

Father Sues Google, Claiming Gemini Chatbot Drove Son Into Fatal Delusion

2 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Google hit with shocking wrongful death lawsuit over Gemini AI chatbot

2 days / mashable

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

2 days / reddit / /u/harsh2k5

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead.

2 days / reddit / /u/aacool

TikTok says end-to-end encryption would make DMs less safe

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok tells the BBC it will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing the feature would hinder safety teams and law enforcement from investigating harmful behavior.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #tiktok #bytedance #law #censorship #encryption #contentmoderation #safety #digitalprivacy

The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.

2 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

TikTok won’t use end-to-end encryption, citing harm to users

2 days / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

TikTok Says End-To-End Encryption Makes Users Less Safe

2 days / slashdot / BeauHD

TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says

2 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

TikTok says end-to-end encryption would make DMs less safe

2 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

TikTok won't add end-to-end encryption to DMs

2 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

TikTok wont encrypt your DMs

2 days / mashable

Where does Anthropic go from here?

Casey Newton / platformer - Shunned by the government, and newly appealing to consumers, the company is at a crossroads

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #earnings #business #governance #safety

Boardroom and backers: investor silence, reputation and strategic crossroads (2)
Numbers under scrutiny: ARR claims, valuations and growth doubts (4)
On the ground: Pentagon fight and Claude’s use in conflicts (6)
Product beat: Claude upgrades, memory import and voice mode (5)
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Boardroom and backers: investor silence, reputation and strategic crossroads

Anthropic’s investors don’t have its back in its fight with the Pentagon

2 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Where does Anthropic go from here?

3 days / platformer / Casey Newton

Numbers under scrutiny: ARR claims, valuations and growth doubts

Anthropic nears $20 billion revenue run rate despite Pentagon feud

2 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Anthropic is going to be just fine

2 days / sources / Alex Heath

[AINews] Anthropic @ $19B ARR, Qwen team leaves, Gemini and GPT bump up fast models

3 days / latent / Latent.Space

I have some real doubts about this, and how Anthropic is calculating ARR. It was at $14 billion ($1.16bn over 30 days) on Feb 12, and now it's at $19 billion ($1.58 billion over 30 days). They're either being outright deceitful or moving days around with

3 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

On the ground: Pentagon fight and Claude’s use in conflicts

No one wins in Anthropic’s fight against the Pentagon

2 days / ft

Pentagon dispute bolsters Anthropic reputation but raises questions about AI readiness in military

2 days / abcnews

Anthropic ban may threaten the military's AI advantage over China

2 days / axios / Colin Demarest

Make no mistake: Dario Amodei is a full-throated supporter of war, and Claude is being used in Iran as we speak. Dario Amodei believes part of Anthropic's purpose is "defeating autocratic adversaries," and otherwise "doesn't have views." https://www.where

3 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

this shit is driving me insane. OpenAI sucks don't get me wrong but Anthropic quite literally supports and provides software for the war in Iran. They are monetizing death and destruction. OpenAI's dumbass strategy of "rushing in to take Anthropic's busin

3 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Google employees call for military limits on AI amid Iran strikes, Anthropic fallout

3 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Product beat: Claude upgrades, memory import and voice mode

Anthropic Rolls Out Voice Mode for Claude Code

2 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic makes Claude memory feature free for all users

2 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Anthropic rolls out new Voice Mode for Claude Code assistant

2 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Claude's Cycles [pdf]

3 days / ycombinator

Quoting Donald Knuth

3 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

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OpenAI Pursues NATO Partnership While Defending Pentagon AI Agreement Amid Anthropic Exodus

2 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

2 days / cnbc

Pentagon’s Anthropic ban may threaten the military’s AI advantage over China www.axios.com/2026/03/04/a...

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March Pixel Drop and Android updates pack in smarter tools

digitaltrends - Google’s March 2026 Pixel Drop enhances Circle to Search and introduces smarter restaurant recommendations through Magic Cue and Gemini, alongside broader Android ecosystem updates like Find Hub improvements. The post March Pixel Drop and Android updates …

#wearables #google #android #genai #smartphone #updates #satellite #safety #wallet #gemini

Enterprise Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: fast model, rising costs (6)
Gemini handles errands: groceries, rides, outfit try-ons (6)
On-the-ground: Android's Find Hub reunites travelers with lost luggage (7)
Pixels get desktop mode, Satellite SOS, watch safety alerts (6)
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Enterprise Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: fast model, rising costs

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite on AI Studio and Vertex AI

2 days / testingcatalog / Erin

Google launches speedy Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model in preview

3 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town

3 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

3 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Google Launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite for Enterprise Scale

3 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google's fastest and cheapest model Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite got smarter but also tripled the price

3 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Gemini handles errands: groceries, rides, outfit try-ons

March Pixel Drop and Android updates bring long-awaited features to your phone

3 days / digitaltrends

Gemini AI Will Soon Order Groceries and Book Rides

3 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

March Pixel Drop brings AI agents and Now Playing app

3 days / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

March Pixel Drop and Android updates pack in smarter tools

3 days / digitaltrends

Google's March Pixel Drop Adds Live Location Sharing in Messages, AI Outfit Try-Ons

3 days / cnet / Nelson Aguilar

Google’s latest Pixel drop allows Gemini to order groceries for you and more

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth

On-the-ground: Android's Find Hub reunites travelers with lost luggage

How to share the location of your lost luggage with airlines using Android’s Find Hub

2 days / digitaltrends

Google makes it easier to find your luggage with Find Hub upgrade

2 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

New Android Find Hub tool shares luggage locations with airlines

2 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Android adds custom caller ID cards, new location sharing features

2 days / mashable

Google introduces Find Hub updates and more AI tools in the March Pixel Drop

3 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Android users can now share tracker tag info with airlines to help locate lost luggage

3 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Android’s Find Hub adds iPhone-like luggage tracking links

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Pixels get desktop mode, Satellite SOS, watch safety alerts

Google brings Desktop Mode to some Android devices when connected to an external monitor

2 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Google’s Huge March Pixel Update: Satellite SOS Hits Canada and More

3 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Pixel Watch Now Warns of Earthquakes and Left-Behind Phones

3 days / cnet / Vanessa Hand Orellana

Google Launches Android Quarterly Update, March Pixel Drop

3 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

The Pixel Watch now lets you tap to pay without opening the Wallet app

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Google brings Android’s desktop mode to Pixel devices

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth

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Your Pixel’s Now Playing tool is now a standalone app with a history you can actually use

2 days / digitaltrends

Google Patches Six Gemini Home Bugs, Adds Live Camera Search

2 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

More than 10 global airlines now accept Find Hub locations as part of their baggage recovery process.

3 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has updated its Pentagon contract to explicitly ban mass domestic surveillance after employee backlash. Sam Altman called the original deal "sloppy."The post OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #defensetech #openai #aiethics #genai #government #us #altman #safety

ChatGPT Uninstalls Surged By 295% After Pentagon Deal https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/03/0527220/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-pentagon-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

3 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

OpenAI Changes Course on Pentagon Deal Following Backlash, ‘Sloppy’ Launch

3 days / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI revises Pentagon contract to curb mass surveillance, but critics warn of major loopholes

3 days / techspot

OpenAI’s Altman: Our rushed deal with the Pentagon “looked opportunistic and sloppy”

3 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

ChatGPT Uninstalls Surged By 295% After Pentagon Deal

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Claude is still top of the US free App Store, as users defect from ChatGPT following Pentagon deal

3 days / sherwood / Millie Giles

OpenAI changes deal with US Department of War after backlash

3 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

The Pentagon Deal Got a Rewrite. ChatGPT Got a Boycott.

3 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

The Download: The startup that says it can stop lightning, and inside OpenAI’s Pentagon deal

3 days / technologyreview / Niall Firth

OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal to Ban Domestic Surveillance

3 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash

3 days / bbc

Sam Altman Acknowledges OpenAI’s Pentagon Partnership Was Poorly Executed

3 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Inside the Anthropic-Pentagon breakdown: mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, and a rival deal waiting in the wings

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - New reports from the New York Times and the Atlantic paint a detailed picture of the final hours of negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon. At the center: bulk data collection on American citizens, a rejected cloud workaround, and a parallel Open…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #us #safety #regulation

Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash (2)
Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms (4)
Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts (5)
Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats (3)
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Acquisition news and opinion essays not central to Pentagon clash

‘Anthropic and Alignment’

4 days / stratechery / John Gruber

MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens

4 days / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms

Anthropic Blacklisted, OpenAI Welcomed: Inside the Pentagon’s AI Pivot

4 days / eweek / Grant Harvey

Inside the Anthropic-Pentagon breakdown: mass surveillance, autonomous weapons, and a rival deal waiting in the wings

4 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance

4 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Anthropic says yet to hear about US government blacklisting

4 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts

Anthropic's Pentagon standoff signals a broader corporate pushback

4 days / axios / Madison Mills

Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply chain risk

4 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Claude Overtakes ChatGPT in US App Store Amid Pentagon AI Dispute

4 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Anthropic's Claude sees 'elevated errors' as it tops Apple's free apps after Pentagon clash

4 days / cnbc

Anthropic: If You Strike Me Down

4 days / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats

After tussle with Pentagon, Anthropic’s $60 billion worth of recent investments might be at risk

4 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic’s Pentagon Sanctions Expose Enterprise AI’s Emerging Vendor Risks

4 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic vs. White House puts $60 billion at risk

4 days / axios / Dan Primack

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I am going to become the Tech Thought Leader Joker stratechery.com/2026/anthrop...

4 days / bsky / @dmnd.me / dmnd.me

Ben Thompson making a full-throated case for fascism here stratechery.com/2026/anthrop...

4 days / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

Anthropic: “Using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values” Ben Thompson: Refusing to build mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values Certainly a take. stratechery.com/2026/anthrop...

4 days / bsky / @disnetdev.com / disnetdev.com

OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Signs a deal with Washington anyway, says he’s kept control of killer robots by allowing only cloudy AI, with guardrails OpenAI has signed a deal with the United States Department of War (DoW) that allows use of its advanced AI systems in classified envir…

#techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #openai #aiethics #government #governance #us #altman #safety

Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm (3)
Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports (3)
Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI (2)
Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge (5)
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Altman and OpenAI defend Pentagon deal amid optics firestorm

OpenAI steps into Anthropic's Pentagon void

4 days / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responds to deal with Department of War

4 days / mashable

OpenAI’s Altman says Pentagon set ‘scary precedent’ binning Anthropic

4 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports

Anthropic Rejected Pentagon Demand to Analyze Americans' Data, Reports Reveal

4 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

US reportedly used Anthropic’s AI for its attack on Iran

4 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

The Pentagon’s Claude Use in Iran Is a Reminder that Anthropic Never Objected to Military Use

4 days / reddit / /u/deraser

Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI

Stop calling it inevitable: The AI job crisis is being built, not born

4 days / fastcompany / Faisal Hoque

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google each spent more on lobbying in Q1 2025 than the entire AI safety research field received in grants

4 days / siliconcanals / Tommy Baker

Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge

Claude Tops App Store as Pentagon Label Exposes Enterprise AI Lock-In Risk

4 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

US Government Anthropic Ban Backfires: Claude Hits App Store No. 1 on App Store

4 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

“Cancel ChatGPT” Campaign Goes Mainstream After OpenAI’s Military Deal

4 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Claude Surges to #1 as Pentagon Controversy Fuels Mass ChatGPT Exodus

4 days / parameter / Trader Edge

'No ethics at all': the 'cancel ChatGPT' trend is growing after OpenAI signs a deal with the US military

5 days / reddit / /u/lurker_bee

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The $200 Million Line. Anthropic Walked. OpenAI Signed.

4 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

E2W Registrations Decline 9% In Feb To 1.11 Lakh Units, Ola Electric Sales Down 47%

4 days / inc42 / Anjali Jain

Iran, Berkshire Hathaway earnings, OpenAI's Pentagon deal and more in Morning Squawk

4 days / cnbc

OpenAI to Alert Police of Credible Threats After Canada Shooting

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - OpenAI has announced it will notify law enforcement of credible threats after the Tumbler Ridge shooter bypassed a ChatGPT ban and killed eight in Canada.The post OpenAI to Alert Police of Credible Threats After Canada Shooting appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT

6 days / arstechnica / Beth Mole

OpenAI to Alert Police of Credible Threats After Canada Shooting

6 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI promises Canada tighter safety protocols after ChatGPT flagged a shooter's violent chats but never called police

6 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

NZXT Dredges Up H1 PCIe Riser Debacle to Reassure H2 Flow Buyers: "It Cannot Happen Again"

techpowerup - If you were in or around the PC building space in 2020, you'd have at least heard about the fire risk related to the PCIe riser cable on the original NZXT H1 mini ITX case, which eventually resulted in a recall and replacement PCIe riser kits being sent o…

#hardware #techsupport #business #engineering #manufacturing #technology #repair #gadgets #durability #safety

NZXT Dredges Up H1 PCIe Riser Debacle to Reassure H2 Flow Buyers: "It Cannot Happen Again"

6 days / techpowerup

H2 Flow Riser Card: Engineering Safety & Design Explained

6 days / reddit / /u/imaginary_num6er

OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Lightning struck twice in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia earlier this month. First in the eerie stillness of a classroom where eight lives were stolen. Then, in Ottawa’s halls of power where officials demanded answers from Silicon Valley about what a cha…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #canada #police #law #contentmoderation #safety

OpenAI pledges to improve safety measures following B.C. shooting

7 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

OpenAI says it would have reported Tumbler Ridge shooter to police in hindsight

7 days / betakit / Josh Scott

OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account

7 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI will notify authorities of credible threats after Canada mass shooter's second account was discovered

7 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

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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Big-picture stakes: ethics, warfare, and AI's future in conflict

Opinion | China Wins the Pentagon-Anthropic Brawl

7 days / wsj / The Editorial Board

Anthropic 'Retires' Claude Opus 3—Then Gives It a Blog to Reflect on Its Existence

7 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

7 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Pentagon-Anthropic Standoff Is a Decisive Moment for How A.I. Will Be Used in War

7 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano, Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines

7 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

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

7 days / reddit / /u/Marginallyhuman

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

7 days / theverge / Hayden Field

As OpenAI raises its megaround, Anthropic’s battles multiply, and the SaaSpocalypse widens — but Dell cashes in

7 days / siliconangle / Robert Hof

LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times

7 days / reddit / /u/waozen

Capitol pressure and policy moves reshape Anthropic's federal contracts

White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI

7 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

7 days / theverge / Tina Nguyen

I really would be so grateful for someone to explain how significant this is. Can they still raise money? What counts as a “military contractor”? What does this do in the short and long term [contains quote post or other embedded content]

7 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Department of War Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk

7 days / ycombinator

These federal agencies may have a Claude problem now

7 days / axios / Ashley Gold

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

7 days / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

Scoop: Top Senate defense leaders intervene in Pentagon-Anthropic AI dispute

7 days / axios / Ashley Gold

Pentagon threatens blacklist, demands 'any lawful use' access

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

7 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Anthropic Defies Pentagon Ultimatum Over AI Military Use

7 days / betanews / Camila Nogueira

Anthropic fights Pentagon's deadline in final hours

7 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Pentagon Weighs Blacklisting Anthropic, Amodei Says ‘Threats Do Not Change Our Position’

7 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Claude won't be allowed to engage in mass surveillance or power fully autonomous weapons — Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the Pentagon

7 days / tomshardware

Anthropic digs in on AI standoff with the Pentagon

7 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

In Defense-Anthropic clash, AI is real-time testing the balance of power in future of warfare

7 days / cnbc

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

7 days / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

7 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

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

Bruce Gil / gizmodo - The new safety feature comes as social media platforms face growing legal pressure over how they affect minors.

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #meta #government #privacy #mentalhealth #contentmoderation #instagram #safety

Instagram will now tell parents about teen searches about self-harm

7 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

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8 days / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

Instagram Will Alert Parents if Teens Repeatedly Search for Self-Harm and Suicide Terms

8 days / cnet / Meara Isenberg

Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide

8 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Woman Suing Meta, YouTube Testifies It’s ‘Too Hard to Be Without’ Social Media

8 days / wsj / Laura J. Nelson

In Landmark Trial, Plaintiff Says Social Media Harm Started at Age 6

8 days / nytimes / Eli Tan and Ryan Mac

Meta to Notify Parents of Risky Teen Search Behaviour

8 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Instagram to Alert Teens’ Parents of Repeated Self-Harm Searches

8 days / wsj / Mauro Orru

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

8 days / reddit / /u/Ok_Regular_8225

Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content

Anna Washenko / engadget - Instagram is adding a new alert for the parents of teen users of its social media platform. The network will alert the adult if their child repeatedly searches for terms about suicide or self-harm in a short time frame. From that notification, the parent …

#techpolicy #meta #health #psychology #privacy #contentmoderation #instagram #safety

Parents will be informed if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content and offered resources.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Instagram will notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search terms related to suicide

8 days / abcnews

Instagram to alert parents if teens search for self-harm terms

8 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content

8 days / reddit / /u/DonkeyFuel

Instagram to start parent alerts for teen suicide, self-harm searches as Meta trials continue

8 days / cnbc

Instagram to alert parents when teens search for suicide

8 days / mashable

Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content

8 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Instagram will alert parents if their kids ‘repeatedly’ search for self-harm topics

8 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content

8 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Instagram to alert parents if teens search for self-harm and suicide content

8 days / bbc

Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Canada is calling on OpenAI to implement stricter safety measures in the wake of the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. On Tuesday, OpenAI representatives met with government officials in Ottawa after it was revealed that the tech company had ba…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #government #chatgpt #canada #contentmoderation #safety #regulation

OpenAI connection to Tumbler Ridge tragedy puts balance between privacy and public safety in the spotlight

9 days / betakit / Josh Scott

Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

9 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI

9 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Canada’s AI minister blames OpenAI for ‘failure’ after mass shooting

9 days / politico / Mickey Djuric

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.

8 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

Discord puts global age verification policy on hold after backlash

therecord - In responding to pushback about Discord's impending age verification policy, co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy said the platform "failed at our most basic job: clearly explaining what we're doing and why. That's on us.”