2026-02-26
It's not over until it's over. So far Anthropic is holding firm. The change to what safeguards would be built into future models is an orthogonal issue. www.axios.com/2026/02/25/a...
Axios
Sources: the DOD asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to assess their reliance on Claude, a first step toward blacklisting Anthropic; Lockheed confirms DOD contact
The Pentagon asked two major defense contractors on Wednesday to provide an assessment of their reliance on Anthropic's AI model …
2026-02-06
good news: code.claude.com/docs/en/agen... no need to go full gastown, claude code just now natively supports this style of working.
Bloomberg
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, which it says can analyze company data, regulatory filings, and market information to create detailed financial analyses
Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model that's designed to carry out financial research …
good news: code.claude.com/docs/en/agen... no need to go full gastown, claude code just now natively supports this style of working.
TechCrunch
Anthropic introduces “agent teams” in Claude Code as a research preview that launches agents “to coordinate in parallel”, and a Claude in PowerPoint plugin
biggest wins on agentic search, HLE & ARC AGI 2 — claude.com/blog/opus-4-... [image]
2025-02-08
Addendum: Brian Krebs reports that Edward Coristine was in fact the owner of DiamondCDN/Packetware. This all-but-confirms my theory that Edward “Big Balls” Coristine had joined Kiwi Farms's Telegram in an attempt to gain (or extort) Joshua Moon's business. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/ teen... …
Krebs on Security
Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022
Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
2025-02-04
oh man I look forward to the intelligence breach that occurs when the CIA & Pentagon black budget is put through an insecure “AI” system. [embedded post]
Bloomberg Law
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
oh man I look forward to the intelligence breach that occurs when the CIA & Pentagon black budget is put through an insecure “AI” system. [embedded post]
Wired
Sources: Thomas Shedd, GSA's new Technology Transformation Services director and Elon Musk ally, told GSA workers the agency will pursue an “AI-first strategy”
Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company.”