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Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week

BeauHD / slashdot - Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. "While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applicatio…

#ai #gaming #biotech #ml #science #aiethics #neuroscience #deeptech #biology #technology

‘200,000 living human neurons’ on a microchip demonstrated playing Doom — Cortical Labs CL1 video shows the gameplay and explains how the neurons learn the game

6 days / tomshardware

This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom

7 days / techspot

Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

A Dish of Neurons Playing DOOM Is the Wildest Thing I’ve Seen in Ages

8 days / gizmodo / Tom Hawking

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

8 days / reddit / /u/_Dark_Wing

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Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks

PYMNTS / pymnts - Burger King has equipped managers and employees with an artificial intelligence-powered tool called BK Assistant. BK Assistant providers staffers with access to operational guidelines, inventory management and compliance tracking, “enabling them to focus …

#ai #automation #voice #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #food #assistant #digitalprivacy

MiniMax launches managed always-on MaxClaw AI Agent

7 days / testingcatalog / Nero Soares

Don't trust AI agents

7 days / ycombinator

A new benchmark pits five AI models against each other as autonomous social media agents on X

7 days / the-decoder / Tomislav Bezmalinovic

WhatsApp is testing a feature to analyze chats with Meta AI

7 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Burger King AI Assistant Frees Managers From Back-Office Tasks

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Burger King’s New AI Assistant Guides Staff, Tracks Politeness

8 days / eweek / Madeline Clarke

Burger King has launched a war on manners with its new AI chatbot called 'Patty'

8 days / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19893 / 7 stories in 8 days


OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account

eWEEK Staff / eweek - Lightning struck twice in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia earlier this month. First in the eerie stillness of a classroom where eight lives were stolen. Then, in Ottawa’s halls of power where officials demanded answers from Silicon Valley about what a cha…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #canada #police #law #contentmoderation #safety

OpenAI pledges to improve safety measures following B.C. shooting

8 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

OpenAI says it would have reported Tumbler Ridge shooter to police in hindsight

8 days / betakit / Josh Scott

OpenAI Discovers Mass Shooter’s Secret ChatGPT Account

8 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI will notify authorities of credible threats after Canada mass shooter's second account was discovered

8 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19888 / 4 stories in 8 days


Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution

Liz Ticong / eweek - Microsoft previews Copilot Tasks, an agent-like feature that runs multi-step workflows in the background, with consent checkpoints and user controlThe post Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution appeared first on eW…

#ai #automation #enterprise #microsoft #aiethics #genai #assistant #microsoft365 #copilot

Microsoft’s Copilot Enters Its ‘Second Chapter’ With Autonomous Task Execution

8 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Microsoft Brings Agentic AI to its Consumer Chatbot With New Copilot Tasks

8 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Microsoft’s new Copilot Tasks finally does the work for you

8 days / digitaltrends

Back to Top / Friday, February 27, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19883 / 3 stories in 8 days


Anthropic digs in on AI standoff with the Pentagon

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Anthropic has pressed for assurances its Claude AI won't be engaged in mass surveillance of Americans or used in autonomous weapons without human oversight


Big-picture stakes: ethics, warfare, and AI's future in conflict

Opinion | China Wins the Pentagon-Anthropic Brawl

8 days / wsj / The Editorial Board

Anthropic 'Retires' Claude Opus 3—Then Gives It a Blog to Reflect on Its Existence

8 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

8 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Pentagon-Anthropic Standoff Is a Decisive Moment for How A.I. Will Be Used in War

8 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano, Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines

8 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Anthropic to Pentagon: Autonomous weapons could hurt US troops and civilians

8 days / reddit / /u/Marginallyhuman

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

8 days / theverge / Hayden Field

As OpenAI raises its megaround, Anthropic’s battles multiply, and the SaaSpocalypse widens — but Dell cashes in

8 days / siliconangle / Robert Hof

LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times

8 days / reddit / /u/waozen


Capitol pressure and policy moves reshape Anthropic's federal contracts

White House Moves to End Federal Use of Anthropic’s Claude AI

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

8 days / theverge / Tina Nguyen

I really would be so grateful for someone to explain how significant this is. Can they still raise money? What counts as a “military contractor”? What does this do in the short and long term [contains quote post or other embedded content]

8 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Department of War Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk

8 days / ycombinator

These federal agencies may have a Claude problem now

8 days / axios / Ashley Gold

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

8 days / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

Scoop: Top Senate defense leaders intervene in Pentagon-Anthropic AI dispute

8 days / axios / Ashley Gold


Pentagon threatens blacklist, demands 'any lawful use' access

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

8 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Anthropic Defies Pentagon Ultimatum Over AI Military Use

8 days / betanews / Camila Nogueira

Anthropic fights Pentagon's deadline in final hours

8 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Pentagon Weighs Blacklisting Anthropic, Amodei Says ‘Threats Do Not Change Our Position’

8 days / eweek / Liz Ticong

Claude won't be allowed to engage in mass surveillance or power fully autonomous weapons — Anthropic refuses to lower AI guardrails for the Pentagon

8 days / tomshardware

Anthropic digs in on AI standoff with the Pentagon

8 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

In Defense-Anthropic clash, AI is real-time testing the balance of power in future of warfare

8 days / cnbc

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

8 days / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

8 days / reddit / /u/waozen


Rivals and staff rally, set industry red lines

Pentagon approves OpenAI safety red lines after dumping Anthropic

8 days / axios / Maria Curi

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

8 days / npr / Shannon Bond

Sam Altman backs rival Anthropic in fight with Pentagon

8 days / bbc

Google Deepmind and OpenAI employees demand Anthropic-style red lines on Pentagon surveillance and autonomous weapons

8 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter in ‘solidarity’ with Anthropic

8 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

Sam Altman Insists He Also Has Principles as Anthropic’s Pentagon Stand Off Continues

8 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Sam Altman aims to 'help de-escalate' tensions with Pentagon as OpenAI employees voice support for Anthropic

8 days / cnbc

OpenAI is reportedly working with Pentagon to hash out guardrails amid Anthropic standoff over AI safety

8 days / sherwood / J. Edward Moreno

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Shares Anthropic's Red Lines in Pentagon Fight

8 days / slashdot / msmash

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter

8 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight

8 days / axios / Maria Curi


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Please god everybody stop falling for this nonsense. No the DoD should not do this! But also Anthropic got here specifically by lying about what AI can do. Amodei takes money from the Sauds and is already pro-war! Do not credit this company with overwhe

7 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon supply chain risk designation in court

7 days / ycombinator

It is wild that one of the things that the department of defense wanted to force Anthropic to do (controlling autonomous weapons) is not something LLMs actually do. The mass surveillance part is even kind of flimsy!

7 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Have to give credit to Dario Amodei on this. Standing his ground against the US military because he suspects it could be the beginning of an AI-driven dystopian mess, takes some balls. techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/a...

8 days / bsky / @oisinmcgann.bsky.social / oisinmcgann.bsky.social

Because: "Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons that conduct strikes without human input." ://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at

8 days / bsky / @nursevan.bsky.social / nursevan.bsky.social

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Empleados de Google y OpenAI se unieron a la oposición de Anthropic al uso irrestricto de sus productos para vigilancia y armamento autónomo por el gobierno estadounidense. Enviaron una carta abierta instando a otros líderes de IA a unirse. techcrunch.c

8 days / bsky / @mr-bytes.com / mr-bytes.com

oh fuck off www.axios.com/2026/02/27/a...

8 days / bsky / @jmsdnns.bsky.social / jmsdnns.bsky.social

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