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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ staffers from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its legal fight with US DOD  —  Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, saying the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights  —  Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist …
Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools  —  The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Filing: Anthropic says it had $5B+ in all-time revenue since 2023 and could lose billions after clients paused deal talks due to supply-chain risk designation  —  Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO  —  Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Wired:
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it  —  Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a code review could average $15-$25 in token usage  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests.  — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
Brian Westover / PCMag:
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU deliver beastly performance, but retains a five-year-old design and is $100+ pricier  —  EDITORS' CHOICE  —  4.5  —  Outstanding  —  THE BOTTOM LINE  —  The 2026 MacBook Pro 16-inch with M5 Max …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
iPhone 17e review: MagSafe, 256GB of base storage, and the camera are great, but no always-on display and 60Hz makes the iPhone 17 a better deal for $200 more
John Higgins / The Verge:
Apple Studio Display XDR review: great reference picture modes, much improved camera, and 120Hz support on newer Macs, but expensive at $3,300 and only for Macs
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round  —  Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
OpenAI:
OpenAI agrees to acquire Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems being built and is “trusted by 25%+ of Fortune 500”, to fold into OpenAI Frontier  —  Accelerating agentic security testing and evaluation capabilities in OpenAI Frontier
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for this month, until later this year to let the company finish work on the new Siri  —  Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Microsoft launches E7, which bundles Office tools and Copilot, for $99/user/month, a 65% jump; of its 450M+ business users in January, ~3% also paid for Copilot  —  Microsoft Corp. is launching a new bundle of workplace software with the aim of getting more people to use its artificial intelligence tools for the office.
Charles Lamanna / Microsoft 365 Blog:
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork, integrating Anthropic's Claude Cowork tech into Microsoft 365 Copilot and using Work IQ to ground its actions in work data
Financial Times:
SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, SoftBank fell 9.8% on Stargate delay reports  —  Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P  —  Once fired up, Masayoshi Son's investing enthusiasm knows few bounds.
Jake Angelo / Fortune:
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered US voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics  —  Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life.  It's being adopted across the professional sphere …
Arielle Pardes / Wired:
How AI may disrupt venture capital, from making it easier and cheaper to start software companies, to agentic investors analyzing startup pitch decks and teams  —  VCs are betting that artificial intelligence will disrupt nearly every industry in the world.  Are they prepared for it to disrupt their own?
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