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Brian Barrett

@brbarrett
35 posts
2026-03-01
“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-03-01 View on X
OpenAI

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.

“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-03-01 View on X
CNBC

Claude became the #1 free app in the US App Store on Saturday, after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it hovered in the top 20 for much of February

I want to say a huge thank you to all of our new (and existing!) users for the support. We're working hard for you, please share your thoughts and feedback along the way. [image]Ro...

2026-02-28
“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-02-28 View on X
Wired

After DOD's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk on social media, contract experts weigh in on the ramifications for the company and its customers

Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-02-28 View on X
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

Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-02-28 View on X
@secwar

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company

This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our ...

“This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:
2026-02-28 View on X
CNBC

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 …

2026-02-13
OpenAI president on donating $50 million to pro-Trump and AI PACs: “Anything I can do to support this technology benefiting everyone is a thing that I will do...maybe supporting the team is bigger than the people that I happen to be employed with.  It's really team humanity.” from @mzeff.bsky.social
2026-02-13 View on X
Wired

An interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman on donating $50M to AI and pro-Trump super PACs, how such donations serve a larger AI mission, and more

In an interview with WIRED, Greg Brockman says supporting politicians who back AI is “bigger than the people that I happen to be employed with.”

2026-01-27
An incredible, harrowing feature from @agreenberg.bsky.social that gives an unprecedented look at life inside a scam compound
2026-01-27 View on X
Wired

Documents: a whistleblower details the Boshang scam compound in Laos that defrauded victims of ~$2.2M over 11 weeks and utilized a system of worker debt bondage

A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials …

2026-01-19
The rush to build data centers has created a new talent war among AI companies—for plumbers, electricians, and other tradespeople in increasingly short supply. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
2026-01-19 View on X
Wired

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers, such as electricians, in the US to keep up

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.

2026-01-18
The rush to build data centers has created a new talent war among AI companies—for plumbers, electricians, and other tradespeople in increasingly short supply. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
2026-01-18 View on X
Wired

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.

2025-12-10
Slack's CEO is headed to OpenAI to help them figure out how to make money. scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/slack-...
2025-12-10 View on X
Wired

Slack CEO Denise Dresser, who has been in the role since November 2023, is leaving the company and joining OpenAI as the startup's Chief Revenue Officer

Another fantastic success story for a long-time Salesforce / Slack leader now helping shape the next chapter of AI at scale. … Denise Holland Dresser : After 14 incredible years, i...

2025-11-20
Google DeepMind has hired the former CTO of Boston Dynamics (yes, the dystopian robot dog company) to help build Gemini into a sort of operating system for robots.  Great scoop from @willknight.bsky.social
2025-11-20 View on X
Wired

Google DeepMind hires former Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders as VP of hardware engineering, as Demis Hassabis envisions Gemini becoming a sort of robot OS

DeepMind's chief says he envisions Gemini as an operating system for physical robots.  The company has hired Aaron Saunders to help make that a reality.

Not mad that this helper robot looks so much like Homestar Runner
2025-11-20 View on X
Wired

Sunday Robotics unveils Memo, a fully autonomous home robot capable of tasks like making espresso and loading a dishwasher, and plans to launch in beta in 2026

Sunday Robotics has a new way to train robots to do common household tasks.  The startup plans to put its fully autonomous robots in homes next year.

2025-10-28
The sheer volume of people showing signs of mania, psychosis, and suicidal ideation each and every week on ChatGPT is staggering, alarming, awful, all of it. from @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
2025-10-28 View on X
New York Times

An ex-OpenAI staffer of four years says it isn't doing enough to protect users, especially those with mental health issues, and needs to offer more than words

I've read more smut at work than you can possibly imagine, all of it while working at OpenAI.  —  Back in the spring of 2021 …

The sheer volume of people showing signs of mania, psychosis, and suicidal ideation each and every week on ChatGPT is staggering, alarming, awful, all of it. from @lmatsakis.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
2025-10-28 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI estimates ~0.07% of ChatGPT's weekly active users “indicate possible signs of mental health emergencies” like mania, and details its safety improvements

Millions use ChatGPT like a therapist, but that's about to change Viktor Eriksson / PCWorld : Over 1 million ChatGPT users mention suicidal intent every week BBC : ChatGPT shares d...

2025-10-27
The mob and Chauncey Billups (???) allegedly used hacked card shufflers to rig poker games and steal millions from victims.  And no one knows more about the hacking part than @agreenberg.bsky.social
2025-10-27 View on X
Bloomberg

The US DOJ's rigged-poker-game indictment involved hacking DeckMate, a casino-standard, suitcase-sized, $10K+ card shuffling machine, to reveal players' hands

The rigged-poker-game indictment unveiled on Thursday reads like a Hollywood heist film, featuring NBA stars and famous Mafia crime families.

2025-10-20
This interview with Zohran Mamdani starts with Hinge and ends with Linkin Park and you simply will not find that anywhere else. from @katie-drummond.bsky.social
2025-10-20 View on X
Wired

Q&A with NYC mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani on social media, tech leaders, Trump, fame, Apple's and Google's “wrong decision” to remove ICEBlock, and more

Mere months ago, New York's mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.”

2025-10-16
Facial recognition is increasingly the default way to log into devices and services.  But many people have facial differences that mean the tech won't recognize them.  What then? from @mattburgess1.bsky.social
2025-10-16 View on X
Wired

How facial recognition software rejects people with facial differences, who number an estimated 100M+ worldwide, blocking them from accessing essential services

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences.  As face recognition tech becomes widespread … Bluesky: @brbarrett , @lhn , @mattburgess1 , and @couts . Forums: r/tec...

2025-09-30
OpenAI is getting ready to release an app for people that love TikTok but wish none of it was real. scoop from @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
2025-09-30 View on X
Wired

Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered by Sora 2, featuring a TikTok-like vertical feed with entirely AI-generated videos

The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.  —  OpenAI is preparing to launch …

2025-09-23
No one knows Silicon Valley better than @stevenlevy.bsky.social.  And no one is more clear-eyed about how far removed it has become from its supposed ideals.
2025-09-23 View on X
Wired

Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots

it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impu...