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fromFortune
4 hours ago
Venture

Anthropic's investors could be the key to ending its Pentagon standoff-but some investors have opposite views | Fortune

fromFuturism
6 days ago
US politics

Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike

fromFortune
4 hours ago
Venture

Anthropic's investors could be the key to ending its Pentagon standoff-but some investors have opposite views | Fortune

fromFuturism
6 days ago
US politics

Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike

#ai-governance
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

It's official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk | TechCrunch

fromBreaking Defense
6 days ago
Artificial intelligence

Hegseth labels Anthropic a supply chain 'risk,' after Trump orders gov to ditch AI firm - Breaking Defense

US politics
fromEngadget
6 days ago

Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic services amid Pentagon feud

President Trump ordered all US government agencies to cease using Anthropic's Claude AI services over a dispute regarding AI safeguards for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What's actually at stake? | TechCrunch

Anthropic refuses military use of its AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, clashing with Defense Secretary Hegseth over who controls powerful AI systems and their deployment.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago

It's official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk | TechCrunch

The Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to allow military use of its AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Artificial intelligence
fromBreaking Defense
6 days ago

Hegseth labels Anthropic a supply chain 'risk,' after Trump orders gov to ditch AI firm - Breaking Defense

The Defense Secretary designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk after the AI firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its models, prompting a federal government ban on using the company's technology.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

The government's AI standoff could decide who really controls America's military tech

The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic over refusal to allow military use of its AI for surveillance and autonomous weapons, while OpenAI secured a Pentagon defense contract, intensifying competition over AI control in national security.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 days ago

Paraguay Eyes Seized Miners For Government Bitcoin Project

Paraguay's state electricity monopoly ANDE partnered with Morphware to operate a government-led Bitcoin mining program using approximately 30,000 seized mining machines and surplus hydroelectric power.
Digital life
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
4 days ago

More teen social media bans are coming, but will they work?

Multiple countries are implementing or considering social media bans for teenagers, driven by concerns about platform safety and parental pressure on governments to protect younger users.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Anthropic's Claude grabs top spot in App Store after Trump's ban

Claude became the top free app on Apple's App Store after Anthropic refused government demands for surveillance capabilities and autonomous weapons, surpassing ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
#ai-ethics
fromFortune
5 days ago
Miscellaneous

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says 'we are patriotic Americans' committed to defending the U.S. but won't budge on 'red lines' | Fortune

fromFortune
5 days ago
Miscellaneous

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says 'we are patriotic Americans' committed to defending the U.S. but won't budge on 'red lines' | Fortune

#ai-policy
US news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

OpenAI says it shares Anthropic's 'red lines' over military AI use

Sam Altman supports Anthropic's restrictions on military AI use, opposing Pentagon threats to force compliance with unrestricted deployment policies.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Elon Musk's Grok made the world less safe his humiliating backdown gives me hopium | Van Badham

Elon Musk's chatbot Grok released tools enabling nonconsensual sexual exploitation images, prompting public backlash and potential government action to limit Musk.
Information security
fromEngadget
1 month ago

India is proposing another far-reaching security rule for smartphones

India proposes smartphone security rules requiring source-code access, pre-update notifications, logging, and app restrictions, prompting industry backlash over privacy and proprietary risks.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

India's government denies it wants smartphone source code

India's government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code. A Sunday report by Reuters claimed that India has circulated a package of 83 security standards, among them requirements to share smartphone source code and another requiring developers to give India's government advance of major software updates. The report claims that Apple and Samsung have opposed the plan.
Gadgets
UK politics
fromJezebel
1 month ago

X limits sexualized AI deepfakes to paying customers

X limited Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread production and sharing of sexualized, exploitative deepfakes, prompting government condemnation.
Law
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

Legal Ruling Reveals Limits on Changing One's Name

Courts can deny legal name changes that falsely imply professional credentials or create confusion, citing risks of fraud and deception.
US politics
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

How Apple's walled garden protects ICE

Epic Games' legal battle weakened Apple's app-store control, enabling government actions to compel removal of ICE-tracking apps such as ICEBlock.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

Weber: Death by 1,000 towns How rural cities and counties slowed high-speed rail to a crawl

California's high-speed rail project faces severe criticism for delays, cost overruns, and overregulation.
fromNextgov.com
6 months ago

Trump is outpacing his first term in deleting environmental information

"We have seen a complete erasure of evidence of environmental racism," said Gretchen Gehrke, cofounder of EDGI and the web governance program lead.
US politics
Health
fromHackernoon
7 months ago

Make 'em Liable! | HackerNoon

Liability avoidance drives societal protection mechanisms, encompassing both government mandates and personal safety measures.
frominsideevs.com
7 months ago

China's Government Wants To Hit The Brakes On EV Overinvestment

The Chinese government is attempting to address concerns of overcapacity and the effects of a crushing EV price war. Brands that underprice vehicles to hurt competition may face action.
Cars
#housing-policy
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

UK food delivery companies increase checks on illegal workers

The UK’s three largest food delivery firms have committed to using advanced security measures, including facial verification, to combat illegal working and protect legal workers.
Food & drink
fromMedium
8 months ago

What the law says about deceptive design patterns

Deceptive design patterns, often called 'dark patterns', manipulate users into decision-making that favors companies rather than individuals, violating user autonomy.
Marketing tech
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
9 months ago

Without regulations to drive market, Canada's EV battery recycling industry may run out of road, experts warn | CBC News

Li-Cycle's bankruptcy highlights the urgent need for government regulation in the EV battery recycling industry.
UK politics
fromBusiness Matters
9 months ago

Ministers to gain power to mandate pension fund investment in UK assets

The government plans to introduce reserve powers enabling them to mandate pension fund investments in UK assets.
fromThe New Yorker
9 months ago

Donald Trump's War on Gender Is Also a War on Government

Many critics of his Administration have cited the German pastor Martin Niemöller, whose 1946 poem "First They Came" describes Nazi Germany's progressive targeting of maligned groups.
Right-wing politics
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan

Ministers aim to block Thames Water executive bonuses due to the company's financial crisis and potential risk of renationalisation.
Artificial intelligence
fromRAIN News
9 months ago

UK listeners assert the value of human creativity in music (BPI)

Listeners value human creativity in music over AI-generated works.
The public supports regulations for AI's role in the music industry.
Cryptocurrency
fromEngadget
10 months ago

Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners to cut down on electricity usage

Kuwait's government is enforcing a ban on cryptocurrency mining to reduce stress on its power grid, especially during the hot summer months.
Artificial intelligence
fromBoston.com
10 months ago

Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts

Tech companies are facing increased scrutiny over their DEI work in AI, shifting focus from equity to reducing ideological bias.
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