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Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits — The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations …
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Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/Anthropic, and r/technology
| Scott Shambaugh / The Shamblog: |
A matplotlib maintainer explains how an AI agent that suggests code changes on open source repos wrote a hit piece on him after a rejection, and the aftermath — Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code …
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LinkedIn: Alex Salkever, Abhinaba Naskar, Scott Shambaugh, and Scott Shambaugh
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the US DHS recently sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which do not need a judge's approval, to tech firms to identify people critical of ICE — The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment …
More: Engadget, Yeni Şafak, Mashable, The Information, The UnPopulist, TechCrunch, Robert Reich, Newser, WinBuzzer, and Raw Story
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Bluesky: @maddow, @evelyndouek, @jbarab, @jcollins, @doctoralex, @sethandrews.com, @litzz11, @futurexander, @gilesyb, @charliearchy, and @saltydiggitydawg. Mastodon: @talzag@sfba.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic partners with CodePath to help redesign computer coding curricula at hundreds of US community and state colleges, integrating Claude AI tools — The company behind Claude forges an alliance to put its AI tools in the hands of students at hundreds of community and state colleges| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India approves a $1.1B state-backed VC fund to finance high-risk areas like AI and advanced manufacturing, doubling down on an effort that debuted in 2016 — India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors …
Forums: r/technology
| Jessica Brice / Bloomberg: |
A deep dive into a global money-laundering ecosystem powered by crypto and messaging apps like WeChat and Telegram, used by drug cartels and criminal groups — A vast ecosystem supported by the gig economy has sprung up to clean all that cash. — The pitch was simple: Crypto for “cold hard cash.”
LinkedIn: Tamer Yalav, Poppy Alexander, CAT Labs, Scott Greytak, and Nicola White
| Financial Times: |
Uber says it plans to launch Uber Eats in Austria and six other European countries in 2026, as it gains market share in the UK, Germany, France, and Spain — Ride-hailing company plans to step up competition to DoorDash-owned rival Wolt in Norway and Finland
More: Reuters
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Current and former senior employees say AWS is undergoing a strategic shake-up amid fears it is losing ground to competitors in securing corporate AI contracts — Shake-up follows fears tech giant missed early AI boom as Microsoft and Google challenge cloud business
More: Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, and Yahoo Finance
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally — Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it's preparing to roll out the feature globally.| Muhammad Zuhair / Wccftech: |
Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead! — HDD capacity from one of the world's largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to Western Digital's CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out.
More: DigiTimes. X: @whoismyq, @wccftech, @pirat_nation, @zawy3, and @rahll
Forums: r/pcmasterrace, r/Amd_Intel_Nvidia, and r/hardware
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Scale AI is suing the US DoD; Scale AI has several contracts with the department, and a spokesperson says the lawsuit “relates to a recent procurement decision” — - Scale AI is suing the Department of Defense, filing its complaint on January 30.| Financial Times: |
Abhishek Singh, CEO of IndiaAI Mission, says India will seek international agreement on a “global AI commons” at this week's AI Impact Summit in New Delhi — New Delhi to focus on wielding emerging technology for social ends at global summit — John Reed in New Delhi and Krishn Kaushik in Mumbai| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
Analysis: despite investing $150B+ in 10+ years, China is expected to produce 2% of global AI chips in 2026 and 70x less memory storage than foreign chipmakers — More than a decade into Beijing's push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.
Forums: r/hardware
| Rani Molla / Sherwood News: |
Amazon stock fell for the ninth straight day on Friday, its longest losing streak since 2006, opening at $244.98 on Feb. 3 and closing at $198.79 on Feb. 13 — Amazon shares marked their ninth straight day of losses — the company's longest losing streak since 2006.Sponsor Posts
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