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Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (425+ words) Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon's decision designating the artificial intelligence company a " supply chain risk " over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology. Anthropic filed two separate lawsuits Monday,…...
Explosive Silicon Valley dispute raises questions over AI giants’ willingness to help track Americans and fuel robot warfare
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1058+ words) Bay Area artificial intelligence giant Anthropic was assailed by President Donald Trump as a company of "Left-wing nut jobs" after it sought to prevent certain uses of its technology by the U.S. military. The firm's rival, AI titan OpenAI, promptly cut…...
San Jose, SJSU collaborate on new AI Center for Civic Good
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (577+ words) Artificial intelligence is all around us " and it's not going away, especially here in Silicon Valley. But a lot of people don't know what AI tools are out there, how they can be used and how they will be shaping…...
Pentagon turns to ex-Uber executive in Anthropic feud over AI
2+ day, 27+ min ago (499+ words) By Rebecca Torrence | Bloomberg News Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup " Uber Technologies " as it wrangled with governments in pursuit of market domination. Now, Michael has switched sides…...
Olson: Claude AI helped bomb Iran. But how exactly?
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (847+ words) The same artificial-intelligence model that can help you draft a marketing email or a quick dinner recipe has also been used to attack'Iran.'U.S.'Central Command'used Anthropic's Claude AI for "intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" during the strikes…...
Pentagon says it is labeling AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk ‘effective immediately’
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (772+ words) By MATT O'BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop…...
Big tech stocks were expensive. Then the market turned on AI
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (566+ words) By Jeran Wittenstein and Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg For most of the past decade, investors have had to pay exorbitant prices to own a piece of the world's biggest technology companies. But that's changing as AI euphoria gives way to skepticism....
US employers cut a surprising 92,000 jobs last month as unemployment rate rises to 4.4%
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (606+ words) By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON " American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring deteriorated from January, when companies,…...
Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI company that’s geared toward filmmakers
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (281+ words) Netflix has struck a deal to acquire Ben Affleck's Interpostive AI company. The streaming service didn't provide specifics about its deal with Interpositive, which describes itself as a company that combines "artistry with technology to craft bold visual stories that…...
Opinion: Moving fast, breaking the world. AI risks shattering our shared reality.
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (512+ words) Artificial intelligence is here: writing paragraphs, generating images, mimicking voices, shaping what billions of people see each day, whether it is true or not. As I watch this era unfold, I feel something familiar " the uneasy sense that power is…...