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| Ross Andersen / The Atlantic: |
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans — Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
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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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| Wall Street Journal: |
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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| 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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| New York Times: |
Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement — The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.| @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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| 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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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity — The Israeli startup's platform turns employee workflows into structured knowledge for automation. — Guidde, a startup developing … | 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 …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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
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| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9 — Australia's internet regulator said it may push search engines and app stores to block artificial intelligence services that fail … | Kohei Fujimura / Nikkei Asia: |
Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall — DALIAN, China — Apps that enable parents to search for spouses for their unmarried children have become increasingly popular in China …
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra, and the €1,999 Leica-branded Leitzphone, all featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, in Europe — It's just launched in Europe, joined by the larger, more photography-focused Xiaomi 17 Ultra.
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| Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
AI's deflationary impact on India's IT industry, whose software exports have never declined in the past 24 years, will likely take years to fully materialize — The cost of electricity does not run an enterprise. — A post written as a fictional memo from June 2028 by short-seller Citrini … Sponsor Posts
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