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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …

#startups #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #business #privacy #altman #digitalid #digitalprivacy #advertising

The global infrastructure of digital ID is being built right now — and nobody voted for it

7 days / siliconcanals / Justin Brown

Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Verification Service Is Coming to a Gap Store Near You

8 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman’s ‘Human Verification’ Startup Leans on Consumer Brands

8 days / wsj / Patrick Coffee

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 19845 / 4 stories in 8 days


Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams

PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is suing advertisers who have allegedly impersonated celebrities to defraud consumers. The tech giant announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it had taken “technical enforcement actions” against the accused scammers, such as suspending their payment method…

#meta #social #aiethics #genai #cybercrime #scam #contentmoderation #litigation #ads #advertising

Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Meta sues advertisers in Brazil and China over 'celeb bait' scams

8 days / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta reveals huge scammer crackdown

8 days / news.com.au

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19829 / 3 stories in 8 days


Anthropic can't stop humanizing its AI models, now Claude Opus 3 gets a retirement blog

Jonathan Kemper / the-decoder - Anthropic is retiring its Claude Opus 3 AI model and letting it publish weekly essays on Substack. The company says it conducted "retirement interviews" to ask the model about its wishes, and it "enthusiastically" agreed. The move is a prime example of ho…


Anthropic upgrades Claude: better vision, scheduled tasks, education research

Claude's Cowork desktop app now runs scheduled tasks so your AI assistant works while you sleep

8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

AI Is Emerging as a Thinking Partner in Education

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic acquires Vercept to give Claude sharper eyes for reading and controlling computer screens

8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


CEO resists Pentagon demands; contract fight over safeguards

Anthropic says Pentagon's "final offer" is unacceptable

8 days / axios / Maria Curi

Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats 'do not change our position' on AI

8 days / cnbc

Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the Department of War

8 days / ycombinator

Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s ‘best and final offer’

8 days / ft

Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I.

8 days / nytimes / Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel


Retired Claude writes Substack essays, blurring PR and personhood

Anthropic can't stop humanizing its AI models, now Claude Opus 3 gets a retirement blog

8 days / the-decoder / Jonathan Kemper

Anthropic launches new marketing blog, pretends it's being 'written' by 'retired' LLM

8 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Anthropic gives its retired Claude AI a Substack

8 days / theverge / Robert Hart


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"“These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” Amodei wrote in a blog on Thursday." www.ft.com/content/11d2...

8 days / bsky / @vcarchidi.bsky.social / vcarchidi.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 19825 / 12 stories in 8 days


Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google is planning to test changes to how it displays search results for certain topics, nearly a year after it was charged with violating antitrust rules in the European Union, Reuters reports. The shift will show top-ranked rival services for hotels, fl…

#techpolicy #google #antitrust #business #europe #law #digitalmarketsact #eu #algorithm #advertising

Google prepares search overhaul in Europe, will boost rival services to satisfy EU rules

8 days / techspot

Google might reshuffle search results to try to dodge fines in the EU

8 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 26, 2026

8 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

When Google Is No Longer A Verb: Search Becoming Infrastructure via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

8 days / searchenginejournal / Duane Forrester

Google To Test Showing Vertical Search Services In EU

8 days / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google To Test Search Changes In EU After DMA Charges, Per Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

8 days / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19800 / 6 stories in 8 days


Apple Teases 'A Big Week Ahead' With Announcements Starting Monday

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple CEO Tim Cook today teased "a big week ahead," with announcements starting Monday. His post included an #AppleLaunch hashtag with a colorful Apple logo, along with a short video that ultimately shows an Apple logo on the lid of a Mac.Apple is reporte…


Exclusive: Low-cost colorful MacBook expected in March

Tim Cook Confirms Next Week Is Apple’s “Big Week”

8 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple low-cost MacBook launch set for March with new colors

15 days / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain


On-site: Cook teases three-day launch schedule

Apple confirms product launch flurry starting next week

8 days / digitaltrends

Tim Cook Teases 'Big Week Ahead' as Apple Prepares 3-Day Hardware Launch Starting Monday

8 days / iclarified

Tim Cook Teases ‘Big Week’ of Announcements Starting Next Monday

8 days / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

Tim Cook confirms a week of Apple product reveals

8 days / engadget / Kris Holt

Apple confirms new products arriving on Monday – MacBook and iPhone 17e incoming?

8 days / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Tim Cook takes to X to tease a big week of launches

8 days / appleinsider

Apple Teases 'A Big Week Ahead' With Announcements Starting Monday

8 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol


Report: Next announcements likely chip refreshes, not redesigns

Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes

8 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton


Reporter: Teaser video fuels touchscreen MacBook rumors

Did Tim Cook just tease a touchscreen MacBook? Sure looks like it.

8 days / mashable


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Upcoming Apple Announcements Likely to Focus on Chip Refreshes

8 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Tim Cook has posted to X a tantalizingly brief message about the start of March, saying that at long last, there will be multiple products debuting.

8 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

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