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Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools — Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic …
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Mastodon: @dalfen@mstdn.social and @yogthos@social.marxist …
| Sam Altman / @sama: |
[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an “extremely scary precedent”, OpenAI rushed its deal to “de-escalate things”, and more — I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's” — We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.
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Forums: r/technology, r/codex, r/ChatGPT, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| @openai: |
OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon — We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and we've made our position on this clear to the Department of War.
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| Financial Times: |
Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks — Drive for ‘leaner’ operations piles pressure on employees but could be a playbook for rivals — Amazon's HR chief last month sought …
Bluesky: @segfaultcult.com
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia partners with Cisco, Nokia, and others to build 6G networks based on open, software-defined AI radio access networking (AI-RAN) architecture — Nvidia Corp. early Sunday announced ahead of the MWC Barcelona conference that its joining global telecom leaders in a commitment to build 6G …
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| Charlie Eccleshare / The Athletic: |
How some companies are trying to become the “Strava of tennis” by offering match video, stats, highlights, social features, and performance analysis for players — Share full article — More people are playing tennis in America than ever before.| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount-WBD merger — King of streaming preserves its business model, while Paramount will have to deal with a massive debt load| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28 — As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.
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Forums: r/business and r/CryptoCurrency
| Hyonhee Shin / Bloomberg: |
A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 — As Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chair Euisun Chung took the stage at CES 2022 accompanied by “Spot” — a robot dog …
More: Korea Joongang Daily
| Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption — Layoffs at Block add to growing backlash bubbling up across American companies; ‘It brings out the pitchforks’
More: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, On my Om, Sherwood News, Forbes, and Global News. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Inside the world's largest crypto casino Stake, which claims ~4% of all BTC transactions, with popularity boosted by celebs like Drake and influencers on Kick — Drake just needed some juice. In 82 minutes of online slots play, the Canadian rapper's starting balance of $3.5 million worth of Bitcoin had dwindled to $422,355.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Israel hacked BadeSaba, a popular Iranian prayer app with 5M+ installs on Google Play, to send messages urging Iranian military personnel to defect — Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging … | Issie Lapowsky / Bloomberg: |
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