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Andrew Curran

@andrewcurran_
335 posts
2026-03-06
Netflix has bought Ben Affleck's AI filmmaker startup InterPositive, Affleck will remain as an advisor. InterPositive allows production dailies from a shoot to be altered with a video model to change aspects of the scene or add effects. [image]
2026-03-06 View on X
Variety

Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction

In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Statement from Ben Affleck: [image]
2026-03-06 View on X
Variety

Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction

In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

2026-03-05
Statement from Ben Affleck: [image]
2026-03-05 View on X
Variety

Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction

In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Netflix has bought Ben Affleck's AI filmmaker startup InterPositive, Affleck will remain as an advisor. InterPositive allows production dailies from a shoot to be altered with a video model to change aspects of the scene or add effects. [image]
2026-03-05 View on X
Variety

Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction

In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

2026-03-04
OpenAI's former chief research officer Bob McGrew is raising $70 million for a new startup named Arda. He is building an AI/video model platform that will use video of factory operations to train robots to run those factories autonomously. [image]
2026-03-04 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Arda, co-founded by ex-OpenAI chief research officer Bob McGrew to automate manufacturing using AI, is raising $70M at a $700M valuation

2026-03-03
Claude has fans in DHHS. [image]
2026-03-03 View on X
Axios

OpenAI and the DOD agree to add more surveillance protections to their AI deal; sources say Sam Altman approached the DOD's Emil Michael to rework the contract

OpenAI and the Pentagon have agreed to strengthen their recently agreed contract, following widespread backlash …

The old world is ending; more of it burns away every day. Things will never return to the way they were, not in two years, not in five, not ever. We have long since passed the threshold. This is an era of transformative change.
2026-03-03 View on X
Reuters

The US Treasury Department, State Department, and Federal Housing Finance Agency stop using Anthropic's AI products; the State Department will switch to OpenAI

The U.S. Treasury Department, State Department and the federal housing agency are terminating all use of Anthropic products …

The old world is ending; more of it burns away every day. Things will never return to the way they were, not in two years, not in five, not ever. We have long since passed the threshold. This is an era of transformative change.
2026-03-03 View on X
Hyperdimensional

The Anthropic-DOD skirmish is the first major public debate on control over frontier AI, and institutions behaved erratically, maliciously, and without clarity

On Anthropic and the Department of War  —  I.  —  A little more than a decade ago, I sat with my father and watched him die.

The old world is ending; more of it burns away every day. Things will never return to the way they were, not in two years, not in five, not ever. We have long since passed the threshold. This is an era of transformative change.
2026-03-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic submitted a bid to compete in a $100M DOD contest to develop voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech

Anthropic PBC was among the artificial intelligence companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete …

Claude has fans in DHHS. [image]
2026-03-03 View on X
Financial Times

Sam Altman says OpenAI amended its DOD contract to ensure “the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals”

Sam Altman says company is working with defence department on provisions covering mass surveillance

2026-03-02
The old world is ending; more of it burns away every day. Things will never return to the way they were, not in two years, not in five, not ever. We have long since passed the threshold. This is an era of transformative change.
2026-03-02 View on X
Hyperdimensional

The Anthropic-DOD skirmish is the first major public debate on control over frontier AI, and institutions behaved erratically, maliciously, and without clarity

On Anthropic and the Department of War  —  I.  —  A little more than a decade ago, I sat with my father and watched him die.

The old world is ending; more of it burns away every day. Things will never return to the way they were, not in two years, not in five, not ever. We have long since passed the threshold. This is an era of transformative change.
2026-03-02 View on X
The Verge

Sources: OpenAI agreed to follow US laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, and the DOD didn't budge from its demands over bulk analyzing data

On Friday evening, amidst fallout from a standoff between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced …

2026-02-27
Statement from Dario Amodei, partial quote: 'Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

Anthropic says new DOD “contract language” made “virtually no progress” on preventing Claude's use for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said there has been “virtually no progress” on negotiations with the Pentagon.

Statement from Dario Amodei, partial quote: 'Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products

The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …

Statement from Dario Amodei, partial quote: 'Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
2026-02-27 View on X
Anthropic

Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded

I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.

Over the next two years, this wave hits everywhere. All human knowledge work. All the work of the mind. [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
@karpathy

AI coding agents made a huge leap forward since December, completing complex projects with minimal oversight, meaning “programming is becoming unrecognizable”

Sam Altman in a note to staff last night: 'We are going to see if there is a deal with the DoW that allows our models to be deployed in classified environments and that fits with our principles. We would ask for the contract to cover any use except those which are unlawful or [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines with respect to AI use by the military, which are “an issue for the whole industry”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic …

Sam Altman in a note to staff last night: 'We are going to see if there is a deal with the DoW that allows our models to be deployed in classified environments and that fits with our principles. We would ask for the contract to cover any use except those which are unlawful or [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Note to staff: Sam Altman says OpenAI seeks a DOD deal, except for use cases like domestic surveillance, and wants to “help de-escalate” DOD-Anthropic fight

Keach Hagey /Wall Street Journal:

2026-02-26
Over the next two years, this wave hits everywhere. All human knowledge work. All the work of the mind. [image]
2026-02-26 View on X
@karpathy

AI coding agents made a huge leap forward since December, completing complex projects with minimal oversight, meaning “programming is becoming unrecognizable”

It is hard to communicate how much programming has changed due to AI in the last 2 months: not gradually and over time in the …

2026-02-25
Anthropic is expanding the Cowork library of pre-built plugin templates to include: - Financial analysis - Investment banking - Equity research - Private equity - Wealth management [image]
2026-02-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Anthropic unveils Claude Cowork updates, including new plugins for HR, investment banking, design, and other fields, plus tools to help companies customize them

Anthropic PBC is expanding the reach of its Claude chatbot into new sectors, weeks after the startup sparked a market meltdown …