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Pentagon pushes Anthropic for unrestricted AI use
Anthropic is locked in high‑stakes talks with the Pentagon over a $200 million contract, with the defense department demanding a blanket “any lawful use” clause that would let it employ the AI for mas
Anthropic-Backed Super PAC Launches Ads for AI
A Super PAC, Public First Action, backed by Anthropic, has launched an ad blitz advocating for AI regulation, signaling a significant escalation of political maneuvering around AI governance. This cam
Anthropic Raises $30B Backed by Dozen OpenAI Investors
A dozen venture capital firms that have invested in OpenAI are also backing Anthropic’s $30 billion fundraising round, raising questions about loyalty and conflict of interest among AI‑sector investor
Anthropic Accuses 3 Chinese AI Firms of 16M Claude Exchanges
Anthropic accused DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of running industrial-scale distillation campaigns against its Claude model, involving roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts and over 16 million exchange
Companies Use Human Workers to Train AI Robots
Companies building AI humanoid robots rely on massive human data collection and remote tele‑operation, keeping the labor hidden and inflating public expectations of machine autonomy, which misleads in
Sowbot Unveils Open-Hardware Ag Robot with RTK GPS
Sowbot is unveiling an open-hardware agricultural robot, the Open AgBot, built on a stackable dual-SBC compute module with centimeter-accuracy RTK GPS and open-licensed schematics, aimed at sparing ag
Data Justice Act and PADFAA Highlight US Privacy Law Gap
The United States faces a pressing privacy crisis as outdated laws fail to curb government and corporate surveillance, prompting calls for new federal legislation like the Data Justice Act and stronge
Newark High School Pioneers A.I. Literacy
A Newark high school is pioneering 'A.I. Literacy' education, aiming to empower students to actively engage with and shape artificial intelligence rather than passively consume it. This initiative ref
India AI Summit Gets $1.1B Fund, Opens OpenAI Offices
The India AI Impact Summit sparked a wave of multi‑billion‑dollar investments, new office openings, and strategic partnerships, signalling the country’s push to become a global AI hub and positioning
Samsung adds Perplexity to Galaxy AI
Samsung is adding Perplexity to Galaxy AI for Galaxy S26 users, who can summon the assistant with 'hey, Plex,' as part of a push to build a multi-agent ecosystem where users pick their preferred AI.
DJI patches security flaw exposing 7,000 Romo vacuums
A software engineer’s attempt to remote‑control his DJI Romo vacuum uncovered a flaw that exposed live video, audio and location data from nearly 7,000 devices worldwide, prompting DJI to issue emerge
AI‑generated Croydon videos go viral, spark backlash
AI‑generated videos depicting exaggerated urban decline in Croydon have gone viral, prompting copycat accounts, sparking racist backlash, and drawing attention from high‑profile figures such as Elon M
ntransformer Runs Llama 70B on RTX 3090 via NVMe
A new C++/CUDA inference engine enables Llama 70B to run on a single RTX 3090 by streaming layers via PCIe and optional NVMe direct I/O, delivering up to 83× speedup over mmap baselines.
OpenAI flagged shooter's ChatGPT chats months before attack
OpenAI's internal safety tools flagged the ChatGPT account of the 18-year-old suspect in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada months before the attack, but staff decided not to alert police at the
Google VP warns LLM‑wrapper startups need deeper moats
Google VP Darren Mowry cautioned that AI startups built on thin LLM‑wrapping or aggregation layers face dwindling market patience, urging deeper vertical moats as developer platforms and direct‑to‑con
OpenAI flagged violent chats, didn't alert police
OpenAI’s automated review flagged violent ChatGPT conversations by Jesse Van Rootselaar months before the Tumbler Ridge school shooting, but the company chose not to notify law enforcement, later only
Tech Leaders Warn AI Boom Lags Dot-Com Enthusiasm
Tech leaders are concerned about the public's tepid reaction to the AI boom, a stark contrast to the dot-com era's enthusiasm. This lack of public support could potentially deflate the AI bubble, hind
OpenAI banned shooter’s ChatGPT account in June 2025
OpenAI banned a ChatGPT account linked to the Tumbler Ridge shooter in June 2025, but only alerted authorities after the February 12 killing, sparking scrutiny of the company's abuse‑detection and enf
EPA Repeals Mercury Air Toxics Standards, Saves $78M
The EPA, under the Trump administration, rolled back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards to 2012 levels, eliminating key mercury pollution protections as U.S. electricity demand surges from AI data c
Phil Spencer Retires From Microsoft After 38 Years
Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after 38 years, with CoreAI product president Asha Sharma named CEO of Microsoft Gaming and Xbox president Sarah Bond also departing in a sweeping leadership sh
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