The trap Anthropic built for itself: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them. Read More |
Why did Netflix back down from its deal to acquire Warner Bros.?: Netflix's co-CEO reportedly told Trump, "I took your advice." Read More |
India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order: India, one of Supabase's biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order. Read More |
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| Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk: "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post. Read More |
Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying 'nobody committed suicide because of Grok': In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images. Read More |
OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets: The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain. Read More |
Xiaomi launches 17 Ultra smartphone, an AirTag clone, and an ultra slim powerbank: We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event. Read More |
OpenAI's Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with 'technical safeguards': OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic. Read More |
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Anthropic's Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute: Anthropic's chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company's fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. Read More |
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