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.
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Nvidia invests $2B in Lumentum lasers for next-gen AI factories
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - NVIDIA has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings to develop advanced optics technology for next-generation AI…
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Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works
Jason Nelson / decrypt - U.S. justices leave human authorship rule intact, reinforcing legal limits on AI intellectual property claims.
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Intelligence Sharing and Counterterrorism Preparedness at the Local Level
Peter Simpson / hstoday - In the early morning hours of February 28, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military campaign against targets in Iran, raising existing concerns about threats to homeland security — including the potential for retaliatory terror attacks…
- Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread (8)
- Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike (6)
- Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally (17)
- Regional escalation and logistics strain — Drones, munitions shortages, shipping disruptions (14)
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Cloud infrastructure under fire — AWS data centers hit, outages widespread
Crypto exodus from Iran — Traders scramble for liquidity, withdrawals spike
Energy and defense market surge — Oil and satellite stocks rally
Regional escalation and logistics strain — Drones, munitions shortages, shipping disruptions
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Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers
Kate Knibbs / wired - How Kalshi decided to settle a market tied to Iran’s supreme leader prompted anger among traders who felt the rules weren’t clear.
- Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets (2)
- Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement (4)
- Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets (3)
- Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits (2)
Insider trades probe — Congress probes mysterious big winners after timed Iran bets
Kalshi settlement revolt — On the trading floor: traders revolt over settlement
Mainstream uptake — Nasdaq and AP court regulators to legitimize outcome-based markets
Regulatory crackdown — Lawmakers and courts press prediction markets for oversight and limits
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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…
- OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract (15)
- Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis (1)
- Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines (10)
- Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores (10)
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OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract
Other: defense tech and tangential AI analysis
Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines
Users flee ChatGPT; Claude surges in app stores
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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…
- 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
Inside tense talks: surveillance, autonomous weapons, OpenAI deal looms
Users cheer, corporations push back as Claude tops app charts
Wall Street watches as Anthropic faces supply-chain, valuation threats
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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…
- 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
Anthropic's Pentagon standoff: refused surveillance, tangled in Iran reports
Regulatory power play: lobbying and corporate responsibility in AI
Users revolt: ChatGPT cancellations fuel Claude's App Store surge
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US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children
ft - Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’
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OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash
Cade Metz / nytimes - The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.
- Anthropic fights Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' designation in court (8)
- OpenAI rushes into classified Pentagon deal, contract safety details revealed (16)
- OTHER: background, analysis, and operational reports on Anthropic saga (17)
- Public backlash and app-store surge as employees demand red lines (17)
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Anthropic fights Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' designation in court
OpenAI rushes into classified Pentagon deal, contract safety details revealed
OTHER: background, analysis, and operational reports on Anthropic saga
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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…
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CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu Gottumukkala took charge of the agency as deputy direc…
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Spotify’s new Audiobook Charts make it easy for you to find what’s trending
digitaltrends - Spotify has launched Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, letting you see what's trending each week.The post Spotify’s new Audiobook Charts make it easy for you to find what’s trending appeared first on Digital Trends.
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NASA overhauls Artemis program, delaying Moon landing to 2028
Igor Bonifacic / engadget - NASA is making major changes to its Artemis Moon program. On Friday, Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency would carry out an additional flight in 2027 to test commercial lunar landers from SpaceX and/or Blue Origin. The new mission will…
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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
- 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
Capitol pressure and policy moves reshape Anthropic's federal contracts
Pentagon threatens blacklist, demands 'any lawful use' access
Rivals and staff rally, set industry red lines
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Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
Hayden Field / theverge - Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It's the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media post…
- Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience' (21)
- Industry and lawmakers react — Congress, Google workers, policy debate (8)
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- Pentagon escalates: deadlines, $200M contract threat, supply-chain risk (6)
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Anthropic refuses Pentagon demands, CEO: 'cannot in good conscience'
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WBD Calls Paramount’s New Bid ‘Superior’ to Netflix’s Accepted Offer, Gives Streamer Four Days to Submit Counter Bid
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery Feb. 26 announced that its board, following consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, confirms that Paramount Skydance’s revised $110.9 billion all-cash offer for the entire company is superior to the existing …
- Board rules Paramount's $31 offer superior; four-day counteroffer window (4)
- Netflix declines to match — exits bidding war under pressure (17)
- Paramount poised to win — acquisition, market reaction, regulatory questions (12)
- Voices from social and analysis: speculation, memes, investor takes (1)
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Board rules Paramount's $31 offer superior; four-day counteroffer window
Netflix declines to match — exits bidding war under pressure
Paramount poised to win — acquisition, market reaction, regulatory questions
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New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes
msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…
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EBay Is Laying Off About 800 Workers, 6% of Global Workforce
msmash / slashdot - EBay is cutting about 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time employees, saying the layoffs are needed to align its workforce with strategic priorities. From a report: "We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategi…
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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…
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