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March 6, 2026, 5:05 PM
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Anthropic:
Dario Amodei says Anthropic plans to fight the DOD's risk designation in court, claims the DOD's letter has a “narrow scope”, and apologizes for his leaked memo  —  Yesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have been designated …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk  —  Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …
Pirate Wires:
An interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael about Anthropic leaking to the media to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei and his “politburo”, and more  —  despite anthropic frustrating the admin with its blogging and very slow ‘politburo’ of ethicists, emil michael …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft says it will keep Anthropic's AI tools embedded in its client products, after its lawyers concluded the DOD's designation is only for defense projects
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Mozilla says Claude Opus 4.6 found 100+ bugs in Firefox in two weeks in January, 14 of them high-severity, more than the bugs typically reported in two months  —  New AI-powered tools are increasingly adept at spotting flaws.  Hacking experts worry they will be good at exploiting them, too.
Nicole Carpenter / Aftermath:
Nintendo of America sues the US government, seeking a refund with interest for tariffs that the company says Trump implemented in “unlawful” EOs  —  Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade  —  Nintendo of America is suing the United States government …
Wall Street Journal:
How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers  —  Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors, insider information into cash; 'We know this shouldn't be allowed'
Alex Heath / Sources:
OpenAI says it is delaying the launch of ChatGPT Adult Mode, originally planned for Q1, to focus on higher priorities, like gains in intelligence  —  “People's habits are not solidified” Liz Reid has one of the hardest jobs in tech.  She runs Google Search, arguably the best business ever built …
Steven Levy / Wired:
Q&A with Block CEO Jack Dorsey on laying off 40% of the company's workers, wanting Block to “feel like a mini AGI”, his take on Elon Musk's X, and more  —  In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block's cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”
Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle and OpenAI abandoned plans to expand a Stargate Texas data center amid financing disputes; Meta considers leasing the planned expansion site  —  Oracle Corp. and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged …
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Anthropic launches Claude Marketplace, letting companies buy third-party software using some of their committed annual spending on Anthropic's services  —  Anthropic PBC is launching a new platform for its corporate customers to purchase third-party software, broadening the AI developer's offerings …
Forbes:
How Cursor is evolving through its Composer coding models built on Chinese open models, as coding agents like Claude Code threaten to make code editors obsolete  —  After becoming the hottest, fastest growing AI coding company, Cursor is confronting a new reality: developers may no longer need a code editor at all.
Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Pentagon names ex-DOGE employee Gavin Kliger as Chief Data Officer to lead its AI efforts; Kliger previously reposted white supremacist Nick Fuentes' content  —  The Pentagon on Friday named as Chief Data Officer a computer scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul …
Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank is seeking a bridge loan of up to $40B, its largest-ever borrowing denominated solely in dollars, to help finance its investment in OpenAI  —  SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a loan of as much as $40 billion to mostly help finance its investment in US tech giant OpenAI …
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Filing: the US SEC settles with Tron founder Justin Sun over a 2023 case that alleged securities fraud; Tron-affiliated company Rainberry will pay the $10M fine  —  Rainberry, a company affiliated with the Tron network, will pay a $10 million fine.  Charges against Sun will be dismissed.
Manya Saini / Reuters:
Robinhood's $658M venture fund drops 16% in its public market debut on the NYSE; the fund offers retail investors access to private companies like Databricks  —  Robinhood (HOOD.O) debuted its flagship $658.4 million venture fund on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday …
Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolved from its research project Aardvark to automate vulnerability discovery, validation, and remediation  —  OpenAI is rolling out Codex Security, an AI-powered application security agent that finds, validates and proposes fixes for vulnerabilities.
Bloomberg:
Sources: AI chipmaker Cerebras could raise ~$2B in its IPO as soon as April; it withdrew its previous IPO registration in October, nearly a year after filing  —  Cerebras Systems Inc. has picked Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
IDC: India's PC market had its strongest year on record in 2025, with shipments up 10.2% YoY to 15.9M units; commercial buyers accounted for 52.9% of shipments  —  India's PC market had its strongest year on record in 2025, surpassing the surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic as millions …
More: IDC
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Microsoft's new gaming CEO, Asha Sharma, teases the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, saying it “will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games”  —  The new Xbox boss Asha Sharma revealed the codename as one of her first big announcements.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Byron Allen sold his 10.7% Starz stake over August and September, netting a bit less than $45M; he acquired it from Steve Mnuchin's Liberty 77 for $25M

Wall Street Journal:
MGM Resorts says talks with People Incorporated are over, after each weighed buying the other; MGM amended its voting deal with People, which owns ~27% of MGM

Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
UMG reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to €3.39B, vs. €3.33B est., and subscription and streaming revenue up 18% to €1.81B, or up 8% excluding Downtown

More News

Associated Press:
Indonesia says it will ban “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28
Financial Times:
A look at SpaceX's potential IPO, which reportedly aims to raise up to $50B at a $1.75T valuation, more than 7x higher than its ~$200B valuation in October 2024
More: ZyCrypto.  X: @robinwigg and @jimpethokoukis.  LinkedIn: David Erickson
Bluesky: @robertscotthorton and @edwardnh
Financial Times:
Sources: the UK plans to delay making copyright rule changes for AI training after responses to its two-month consultation did not favor any of its proposals
Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat:
An interview with Tim Sweeney on the Google-Epic settlement, how the Play Store changes impact developers, why Epic's case against Apple is different, and more

Earlier Picks

Anna Washenko / Engadget:
The US Senate passed COPPA 2.0 again, which would create new protections for young users online; the bill now heads to the House, where it has struggled to pass
Ben Patterson / PCWorld:
Google quietly releases an unsupported Workspace CLI, making it easier for agentic AI tools to access Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and its other apps
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Cluely's CEO, Roy Lee, says he lied about its $7M annual recurring revenue in 2025 and that it “is the only blatantly dishonest thing I've said publicly online”
Sander Lutz / Decrypt:
The FBI arrests the son of a federal contractor who managed critical services and charges him with stealing ~$46M in crypto from the US Marshals Service
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix acquires InterPositive, a 16-person startup founded by Ben Affleck that builds AI models based on a production's dailies for later use in postproduction
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
AWS launches Amazon Connect Health, an agentic AI tool that automates clinical documentation, billing and procedure coding, and patient identity verification
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