Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: This Time, a US Court Has Ruled in the Government's Favor
… Some AI researchers have said the Pentagon’s actions against Anthropic “chills professional debate” about the performance of AI systems. …
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Justice Department Says Anthropic Can’t Be Trusted With Warfighting Systems
… In Tuesday’s filing, the lawyers argued that the Pentagon “cannot simply flip a switch at a time when Anthropic currently is the only AI model cleared for use” on the department’s’s “classified systems and high-intensity combat operations are underway.” The department is working to deploy AI system… …
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
… Palantir says the Claude integration can help analysts uncover “data-driven insights,” identify patterns, and support making “informed decisions in time-sensitive situations.” However, Palantir and Anthropic have shared few details about how Claude functions within the military or which Pentagon sy… …
China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies
… Even Changpeng Zhao, the multibillionaire founder of crypto exchange Binance, lamented on social media about how people “claim that you won't have to do anything else after installing the lobster, but all your time after installation is spent tweaking that useless lobster that can't do anything.” R… …
Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge
… In a hearing on Tuesday, Lin said the government had appeared to illegally “cripple” and “punish” Anthropic. …
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
… While the FBI had previously paid for phone data from commercial data brokers—instead of seeking a warrant—it had stopped doing so, Wray said. “That’s not been active for some time,” Wray claimed. …
AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps
… But there are third-party weather apps galore, like Storm Radar, Carrot Weather, Rain Viewer, and Acme Weather—an app from the former Dark Sky app creators. New weather apps like Rainbow Weather aim to be AI-first. …
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
… Mallory Knodel, a cryptography researcher at New York University, says it would be “great for people using chatbots that use Meta AI to have confidentiality and privacy within that exchange.” Crucially, that means Meta would not be able to access AI chat data for training, says Knodel, who along wi… …
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
… Meta is investing in at least one new project that would bring encryption protections to more of its users: a partnership with Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike to deploy his new private AI technology, known as Confer, for Meta AI. …
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… The political activity prompted numerous campaigns against the automaker Tesla, where Musk is CEO. …