The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in the US
The US and Israel are using AI to wage war on Iran with unprecedented speed and precision in attacks, even as the cost of badly informed decisions remains high
a trend linked with the phrase ‘The computer said to do this.’” [embedded post]
The US-led war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend $300B+ on AI investments, putting at risk a potential source of funding for tech companies
The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data centers, chips and other AI investments …
The US and Israel are using AI to wage war on Iran with unprecedented speed and precision in attacks, even as the cost of ill-informed decisions remains high
Intelligence, targeting and damage assessments are accelerating thanks to military versions of software now remaking business and daily life
The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force
They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …
A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic
Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk
Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …
Dario Amodei says Anthropic plans to fight the DOD's risk designation in court, claims the DOD's letter has a “narrow scope”, and apologizes for his leaked memo
Yesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have been designated …
Sources: the White House's data center pledge relies on enforcement by local utilities and states via rate deals, without penalties for those refusing to comply
but the WH actually has little ability to make that happen “this is theater,” @AriPeskoe told me https://www.wired.com/...
Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, and others sign a pledge at the White House to bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers
Google (GOOGL.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O), Meta (META.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge …
Sources: the US used Palantir's Maven Smart System, integrated with Claude, to find and prioritize 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...Bailey McCann /@baileymcc:From the team that brought you “we are too ethical for killbots” what of schools and children then? Who can I say I guess@jaylyall:US ...
Sources: the US used Palantir's Maven Smart System, integrated with Claude, to find and prioritize 1,000 targets within the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran
Polymarket removes long-running markets that let users bet on if a nuclear weapon will be detonated, amid the Iran strikes; a 2025 contract had $1.7M+ in volume
Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren't new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans
Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
Anthropic says it'll challenge “any supply chain risk designation in court” and that the designation would only affect contractors' use of Claude on DOD work
Anthropic to challenge supply chain risk designation in courtJack Nicastro /Reason:Anthropic Labeled a Supply Chain Risk, Banned from Federal Government ContractsMatteo Wong /The Atlantic:What Happens...
Dario Amodei says “we are patriotic Americans” and Anthropic fears some AI uses could clash with American values as AI's potential gets “ahead of the law”
Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the PentagonBrendan Bordelon /Politico:The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the bal...
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”
We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”
We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.
Claude hit #2 on Apple's US App Store, hours after the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it bounced between #20 and #50 for much of February
Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence assistant app jumped to the No. 2 slot on Apple's chart of top U.S. free apps late on Friday …
Claude hit #2 on Apple's US App Store, hours after the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it bounced between #20 and #50 for much of February
Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence assistant app jumped to the No. 2 slot on Apple's chart of top U.S. free apps late on Friday …