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 ...
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.
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 …
Sources: the US and China have approved the sale of TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week
The US and China have signed off on a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a consortium of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake …
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China
But the accusations are flying fast. — “The AI Overwatch Act (H.R. 6875) may sound like a good idea, but when you examine it closely …
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China
But the accusations are flying fast. — “The AI Overwatch Act (H.R. 6875) may sound like a good idea, but when you examine it closely …
Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%
TikTok has signed a deal to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, per an internal memo seen by Axios.
President Trump says the US will let Nvidia ship its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, on the condition that the US gets a 25% cut
President Donald Trump on Monday said Nvidia will be allowed to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chips to …
The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pleads guilty
DOJ says H100 and H200 shipments were relabelled with a fictional brand to dodge export controls Institute for Progress : Should the US Sell Hopper Chips to China? Jasper Ward / Re...
Jensen Huang warns “China is going to win the AI race”, after the US kept a ban on advanced AI chip sales to China, and says the West is held back by “cynicism”
CEO criticises western ‘cynicism’ while Beijing loosens regulations and cuts energy costs for data centres
Sources: Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of H20 and MI308 chip revenue from China sales, as a condition of export licenses granted last week
Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration — Nvidia and AMD have agreed …
Sources: the US has started issuing licenses to Nvidia to export H20 chips to China following weeks of inaction, after Jensen Huang met Trump on Wednesday
Jensen Huang personally lobbied president after he reversed course on sale of H20 chips — The US commerce department …
Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores after its January 18 removal, following Trump admin assurances that a ban won't immediately be enforced
- Companies had removed the app to abide by US legislation — Trump signed executive order to delay a potential ban
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issues a ban on the use of Chinese-backed apps DeepSeek, Lemon8, Moomoo, RedNote, Tiger Brokers, and Webull on government-issued devices
a point groups like @StateArmor have long made. Greg Abbott / @gregabbott_tx : Texas will NOT allow the CCP to infiltrate our state's critical infrastructure through data-harvestin...
An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19
Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday.
Sources: Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days
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Sources: TikTok plans to switch off its app in the US on January 19 unless SCOTUS blocks the ban; the law only requires app stores to stop TikTok app downloads
TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes …
How Donald Trump went from backing a TikTok ban in 2020 to backing off in 2024, as he became a political star on the platform with more than 14.7M followers
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration's effort to do just that.