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Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The use of the model through a contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of AI in the Pentagon.


At Anthropic: mission statements, cash strain, and Super Bowl PR

Anthropic CEO Warns AI Firms Risk Bankruptcy Over Timing

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows

21 days / reddit / /u/app1310

Anthropic's public benefit mission

21 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison


Developers and users: Claude powering hacks, games, and bills

Hello everyone! I am working on something and could use your help. If you pay for Claude code, please type npx ccusage@latest into your terminal and send me a screenshot of your usage from the last month, along with your level of subscription ($20/100/200

20 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

MiniMax M2.5: Open-Source AI “Matches” Claude Opus at 1/20th Cost

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Patient Advocate Uses Claude AI to Slash $163K Hospital Bill

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Golf game built last night with Claude Code, Svelte and ThreeJS

20 days / ycombinator

GPT 5.2 Pro + Claude 4.6 Opus For $5/Month

21 days / reddit / /u/Substantial_Ear_1131


On the ground: commercial AI guided a covert raid

Pentagon Demands Unrestricted AI for Classified Military Networks

20 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Pentagon used Anthropic's Claude during Maduro raid

21 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

21 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

The US Military Started Using An AI Chatbot You've Probably Never Heard Of

21 days / bgr


Palantir links and platform politics beyond the raid

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

21 days / reddit / /u/vriska1


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Are Anthropic’s new AI work tools game-changing for professionals?

19 days / ft

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back,

19 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

19 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Tom Cruise Fights Brad Pitt

19 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars from New York City's Public Hospitals

19 days / ycombinator

Pentagon Reportedly Hopping Mad at Anthropic for Not Blindly Supporting Everything Military Does

19 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Anthropic brings slash commands and SSH support to Claude Code

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / reddit / /u/MaryADraper

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

20 days / axios / Dave Lawler

Quoting Boris Cherny

20 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Even if Dario Amodei is telling the truth about Anthropic’s “50% gross margins” (40% is what’s reported but he said it on an interview) on API calls, Anthropic is in this case selling $295.47 ($591.30 in tokens) API calls for $100. I have seen as high as

20 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Pentagon's use of Claude during Maduro raid sparks Anthropic feud

20 days / reddit / /u/Naurgul

I found loosely equivalent but much less interesting documents for Anthropic simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/...

21 days / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 6:20 pm / permalink 19156 / 26 stories in 21 days


Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

scmp - A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the…


ByteDance AI product offensive — Reporter: China's fast, cheap models threaten Western AI leadership

Bytedance's Seed2.0 adds even more price pressure on Western AI models

20 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

All-in on AI: What TikTok creator ByteDance did next

20 days / techxplore

It's been a big — but rocky — week for AI models from China. Here's what's happened

20 days / cnbc

ByteDance Launches Seedream 5.0 Lite Image Model With Real-Time Retrieval

21 days / pandaily

ByteDance Launches Seedance 2.0 AI Video Model to Rival OpenAI, Google

21 days / eweek / Kezia Jungco


Promotion and Lunar New Year push — Reporter: ByteDance giveaways stoke user adoption frenzy

Doubao Launches Chinese New Year Campaign With Cash and Tech Giveaways

21 days / pandaily


Viral deepfake and Hollywood backlash — Reporter: Actors, studios rage against unauthorized cinematic AI

ByteDance's Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Disney accuses ByteDance of 'virtual smash-and-grab' when using copyrighted works to train its AI

20 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

TikTok’s Chinese Parent Has an App to Replace Hollywood

20 days / wsj / Raffaele Huang

Bitcoin biopic Killing Satoshi leans into generative AI

20 days / mashable

New AI tool creates viral Tom Cruise vs Brad Pitt fight video in seconds

20 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

21 days / scmp

China's tech titans are giving away money and cars in 'The Lunar New Year AI War'

21 days / cnbc


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ByteDance says it will add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash

18 days / cnbc

Hollywood’s AI Crackdown Opens Door for Copyright Detection Startups

18 days / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

‘Hey, that’s my voice!’ Veteran broadcaster claims Google stole his voice for AI tool

19 days / digitaltrends

Hollywood’s AI Crackdown Opens Door for Copyright Detection Startups

19 days / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

‘Pulp Fiction’ co-writer Roger Avary says it was "impossible" to get his movies made until he started an AI production company: "Just Put AI in Front of It and All of a Sudden You’re in Production on Three Features"

19 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claiming copyright infringement

19 days / reddit / /u/Saltedline

Ars Technica's AI Reporter Apologizes For Mistakenly Publishing Fake AI-Generated Quotes

19 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claim copyright infringement

19 days / go

Nvidia’s Loss Is Samsung’s Gain: ByteDance Reportedly Turns To Korean Giant For In-House AI Chips

19 days / reddit / /u/restorativemarsh

Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

19 days / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

Interpol backroom warriors fight cyber criminals 'weaponising' AI

19 days / techxplore

Bytedance's Seedance 2.0 is so good at copying Disney characters the company calls it a "virtual smash-and-grab"

19 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

19 days / nytimes / Charles Homans

ByteDance AI video tool Seedance accused by Disney of copyright ‘smash and grab’

19 days / scmp

Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0 https://gizmodo.com/disney-sends-bytedance-an-ai-trophy-in-the-form-of-a-cease-and-desist-letter-over-seedance-2-0-2000722261

20 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Disney Sends ByteDance an AI Trophy in the Form of a Cease and Desist Letter Over Seedance 2.0

20 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.

20 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0

20 days / reddit / /u/OReillyAsia

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Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away

digitaltrends - OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and other older models in ChatGPT to focus development on newer, improved GPT versions. The post Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away appeared first on Digital Trends.

#ai #techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #apps #ux #community #updates

What’s Left For Humans?

19 days / wsj / Georgia Wells

OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’

20 days / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

Dates with AI Companions Plagued by Lag, Miscommunications - and General Creepiness

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

OpenAI has officially retired the controversial GPT-4o model

20 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

AI Might Be Conscious!? (They Don't Know)

20 days / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI introduces Lockdown Mode and new risk labels in ChatGPT

20 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her

20 days / npr / Shannon Bond

The comfortable industry narrative is that AI is a tool. The 4o saga is a window into how many people view LLMs as companions and even lovers. sources.news/p/openais-4o...

21 days / bsky / @alexeheath.com / alexeheath.com

OpenAI’s 4o Valentine’s breakup

21 days / sources / Alex Heath

OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK

21 days / wired / Zeyi Yang

Your favorite old ChatGPT models are going away

21 days / digitaltrends

OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o, and the AI relationships community is heartbroken

21 days / mashable

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

21 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 19148 / 13 stories in 21 days


Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Reports of testing "problems" had fans worried that Siri's AI makeover was slipping to 2027. Apple says those fears are unfounded.Read More...

#ai #ml #voice #apple #genai #stockmarket #business #ios #technology #assistant

Apple's bad week: FTC pressure, delayed Siri AI, and a stock sell-off

21 days / techspot

Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

21 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

The MacRumors Show: Revamped Siri Delayed Again?

21 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple (AAPL) Stock Slides 5% as Siri Delay Rattles Investors

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19142 / 4 stories in 21 days


Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors

tomshardware - Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google's Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gemini is a core component of their …

#ai #cybersecurity #techpolicy #infosec #google #aiethics #genai #government #cybercrime #gemini

How AI could eat itself: Competitors can probe models to steal their secrets and clone them

20 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Fake AI Chrome Extensions Exposed 260,000 Users, Targeting Gmail

21 days / eweek / Ken Underhill

Google AI Shows A Site Is Offline Due To JS Content Delivery via @sejournal, @martinibuster

21 days / searchenginejournal / Roger Montti

New Cyber Threats Every iPhone Owner Should Watch Out For in 2026

21 days / idropnews / IDrop News Staff

Google opens Gemini 3 Deep Think API in Early Access

21 days / testingcatalog / Erin

Hackers Try to Clone Google’s Gemini With 100,000+ AI Probes

21 days / eweek / Esther Shein

State-Sponsored Hackers Using Popular AI Tools Including Gemini, Google Warns

21 days / decrypt / Alex Hughes

Google: Nation-State Hackers are Weaponizing Gemini AI for Cyberattacks

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in 'all stages' of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors

21 days / tomshardware

Hackers are using Gemini to target you, Google says

21 days / digitaltrends

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19129 / 10 stories in 21 days


Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI

Ekemini / ventureburn - Didero is pioneering agentic AI tools, automating enterprise procurement, and has recently secured $30 million dollars in Series A funding to improve and accelerate the building of tools aimed atThe post Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI …

#ai #startups #vc #automation #saas #enterprise #genai #business #supplychain #productivity

Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI

21 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Didero snaps up $30M to reinvent procurement with AI agents

21 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Didero Raises $30M in Series A Funding

21 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19124 / 3 stories in 21 days


IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - The company has announced that the expansion of roles will be across the board, impacting a wide range of departments. Read more: IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

#ai #automation #digitaltransformation #elearning #genai #business #jobs #us #technology

IBM to Triple Entry-Level Hiring as AI Rewrites Junior Roles

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

IBM to triple entry-level hiring despite AI fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

21 days / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

IBM to triple entry level hiring in the US by 2026

21 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 8:20 am / permalink 19122 / 4 stories in 21 days


Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition

msmash / slashdot - Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find "the right balance" for the …


History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition

Meta is reportedly working to bring facial recognition to its smart glasses

21 days / engadget / Matt Tate


On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works

Report: Meta to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

21 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta’s smart glasses could soon identify people in real time

21 days / digitaltrends

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims

21 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Meta is bringing back facial recognition for its smart glasses

21 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Meta Plans 'Name Tag' Facial Recognition for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

21 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

21 days / nytimes / Kashmir Hill, Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac


Other: podcast mention and community reposts

Surprise new PS5 game, Meta Ray-Ban face ID rumor, Apple Vision Pro update: The Shortcut Live Ep. 23

21 days / theshortcut / Matt Swider


Privacy alarm: launching while critics distracted, safety risks

The World Is on Fire and Meta Sees an Opportunity to Add Facial Recognition to Smart Glasses

21 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Meta's Smart Glasses Could Get Face Tracking Soon. That Worries Me

21 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

21 days / reddit / /u/Accurate_Cry_8937

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

21 days / theverge / Emma Roth


All Other Stories

The World Is on Fire and Meta Sees an Opportunity to Add Facial Recognition to Smart Glasses

21 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

The @nytimes.com report on Meta pursuing facial recognition on smart glasses, and seeing this politically chaotic time as a good window to launch, has tons of concerns. Also, my thoughts on the race for this tech, its advantages, and its need for limits.

21 days / bsky / @scottstein.bsky.social / scottstein.bsky.social

if there ever was a doubt that companies are good cool your friend not evil

21 days / bsky / @plorigo.bsky.social / plorigo.bsky.social

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/13/1336235/meta-plans-to-let-smart-glasses-identify-people-through-ai-powered-facial-recognition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&am

21 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

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Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion.The article Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion appeared first on The Decoder.


Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers

Show HN: Skill that lets Claude Code/Codex spin up VMs and GPUs

21 days / ycombinator

Anthropic recruits ex-Google data center veterans to build its own AI infrastructure empire

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth

Claude is leveling up against Gemini and ChatGPT with powerful free tools

21 days / digitaltrends

Spotify Says Its Best Developers Haven't Written a Line of Code Since December, Thanks To AI

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Claude Code is the New Excel

21 days / substack / John Hwang

Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10

21 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Meet Anthropic’s AI Morality Teacher

21 days / wsj / Conor Grant

Como travar sessões do Claude com uma frase

21 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard


Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation

Anthropic Hit $10 Billion in Revenue, Amodei Says AI Nears 'End of the Exponential'

21 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Elon Musk Slams Anthropic AI as ‘Evil’ After $380B Valuation

21 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Anthropic Raises $30B at $380B Valuation in Record Series G

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic and Databricks raise billions more. Next stop: IPOs?

21 days / siliconangle / Robert Hof

The eye-popping numbers in Anthropic's latest funding round

21 days / qz / Niamh Rowe

Anthropic Adds New Board Member as It Eyes IPO

21 days / wsj / Kate Clark

Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace

21 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

21 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The $380B Claude play: Why investors bet big on Anthropic’s enterprise AI

21 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic raises $30B at a $380B valuation amid bubble fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

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simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - simmetry.ai, asynthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors,has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of theGerman state of Lower Saxony. Th...

#ai #cloud #ml #dataprivacy #genai #business #agriculture #food #europe #manufacturing

simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

21 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

German Synthetic Data Startup Simmetry.ai Secures €330k Funding

21 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

German synthetic data startup simmetry.ai secures €330k to tackle this key bottleneck holding back AI adoption

21 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 19118 / 3 stories in 21 days


MiniMax Unveils M2.5: $1/HR “Full‑Stack AI Employee” Rivals Claude Opus 4.6

pandaily - MiniMax open‑sourced M2.5, a 10B‑activated‑parameter coding model scoring 80.2% on SWE‑Bench Verified, with 100 TPS inference at $1/hr — driving 10K+ Agents built in 24 hours .

#ai #startups #cloud #software #ml #genai #business #pricing #performance #developertools

Cline drops CLI 2.0 coding agent, powered by K2.5 and M2.5 for free

21 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

MiniMax Matched Opus at 5% of the Price. The AI Premium Is Dead.

21 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

MiniMax Unveils M2.5: $1/HR “Full‑Stack AI Employee” Rivals Claude Opus 4.6

21 days / pandaily

China’s MiniMax releases cheap AI model ‘designed for real-world productivity’

22 days / scmp

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