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The Washington Post reports that private Chinese technology companies, some with military ties, are marketing detailed intelligence on US force movements during the Iran conflict, even as Beijing seeks distance from the activity. Online investigators on Western and Chinese social media have amplifi…
Visit originalThis Medium article reviews the book 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies' by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, which argues that superintelligent AI will cause human extinction not through malice but indifference to human goals. The piece frames the book as a serious warning that has prompted refl…
Visit originalThis gitconnected article describes OpenRouter data showing Chinese AI models surpassing US models in weekly token usage for two consecutive weeks, with Chinese models reaching 4.69 trillion weekly tokens versus 3.29 trillion for US models. It highlights a mysterious model called Hunter Alpha that …
Visit originalAP News reports that a federal judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, halting a Trump administration directive telling federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's Claude chatbot. Anthropic argued the action was retaliation following disputes over de…
Visit originalTom’s Hardware reports concerns over Shahed kamikaze drone listings on Alibaba after ABC News highlighted them. The page says the listings featured AI guidance described as able to lock onto targets such as people, buildings, vehicles, and ships. The description notes that Alibaba removed the listi…
Visit originalYahoo Finance reports that Palantir's Maven AI system has been designated by the Pentagon as an official program of record, moving it from an experimental status to a normal long-term military system. A March 9 letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg confirmed the change. Maven uses …
Visit originalThis page announces an invite-only advance screening of 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,' a documentary by the Academy Award-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny, at the Sonoma Academy Performing Arts Center on March 19, 2026. The film follows a fat…
Visit originalContent behind a login wall / unavailable — inferred from link context: this is a second shared post from the r/Anthropic subreddit that could not be retrieved directly. Given its proximity to other posts about the Anthropic-Pentagon supply chain risk controversy, it likely relates to continued com…
Visit originalContent behind a login wall / unavailable — inferred from link context: this is a shared post from the r/Anthropic subreddit that could not be retrieved directly. Given the subreddit focus and the surrounding batch of links about the Anthropic-Pentagon controversy from this period, it likely discus…
Visit originalThis Engadget article (via Apple News) reports that Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's robotics hardware lead, resigned after criticizing the company's Department of Defense partnership, saying guardrails 'deserved more deliberation.' OpenAI confirmed her departure and stated its Pentagon agreement inclu…
Visit originalThis AP News article reports the Pentagon officially notified Anthropic that the company and its products are designated a supply chain risk, effective immediately, following criticism from President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth after CEO Dario Amodei pushed back on concerns about mass surve…
Visit originalThis Substack note by Nate discusses the AI industry fallout from OpenAI's deal to deploy models on the Pentagon's classified network and Anthropic's principled objection to broader defense involvement, exploring how the episode shifted power dynamics across the industry. It also previews coverage …
Visit originalThis PCGamer article reports that Sam Altman announced OpenAI would amend the terms of its deal with the Department of War after public backlash, adding explicit restrictions against domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons use. Altman described the rushed initial rollout as 'opportunistic and …
Visit originalThis Futurism article reports that Sam Altman went into damage-control mode after ChatGPT users began mass-canceling subscriptions over OpenAI's new Department of Defense agreement, with some switching to Anthropic's Claude. It quotes Altman admitting the deal's 'optics don't look good' during a ra…
Visit originalThis YouTube video by David Shapiro discusses reports that Anthropic was removed from Pentagon/Department of War use after refusing to drop restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, describing fallout for Anthropic's contracts and IPO prospects. It frames the episode as an ideologic…
Visit originalThis Perplexity page covers the 'QuitGPT' consumer boycott campaign against OpenAI following its deal to deploy AI models on Pentagon classified networks, claiming over 1.5 million participants canceled subscriptions or signed pledges, with an in-person protest planned at OpenAI's San Francisco hea…
Visit originalThis Mashable article (via Apple News) reports that Anthropic's Claude reached the #1 free app spot in the U.S. App Store, overtaking ChatGPT, amid backlash over OpenAI's reported defense department work and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's criticism of unrestricted government AI use. It notes that ove…
Visit originalThis X (Twitter) post quotes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announcing an agreement with the Department of War to deploy OpenAI's models on the department's classified network, describing the DoW as showing 'a deep respect for safety.' Replies to the post reflect controversy, including references to cancele…
Visit originalCNBC reports that the Trump administration launched a new 'Tech Corps,' modeled on the Peace Corps, to deploy volunteers with STEM and technology expertise to help implement American AI solutions in partner countries such as India. The program aims to support grassroots challenges in agriculture, e…
Visit originalThis Medium article from The Geopolitical Economist discusses Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5, an open-source Chinese model claimed to beat GPT-5 on difficult benchmarks. It says the model can create and coordinate its own army of AI agents in real time, framing this as algorithmic intelligence outperformi…
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