Nintendo is suing the U.S. government over illegal tariffs

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Mario is taking on Trump. Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over tariffs it imposed last year, as first reported by Aftermath. In a complaint to the U.S. Court of International Trade, Nintendo’s lawyers took aim at the “unlawful imp…

The U.S. just unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs. Here’s how that could affect Fed interest rates, gas prices, and the Iran war

Jennifer Mattson / fastcompany - The latest U.S. jobs report is out and it isn’t pretty. The economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, missing expectations, as unemployment rose to 4.4%, according to data from the Labor Department. Economists had expected 60,000 new jobs in February.“The hea…

#banking #government #stockmarket #business #recession #jobs #us #economy #layoffs

Stocks struggled after a big negative surprise from the February jobs report. Additionally, the Qatari energy minister warned of a potential spike in oil prices to $150 a barrel within weeks. https://sherwood.news/markets/market-wrap-2026-03-06-sp500-qqq/

25 min / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say

1 hr / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

Stocks sink on weak jobs data and soaring oil prices

4 hrs / sherwood / Tasha Matsumoto

Job Losses Set to Test Consumer Confidence and Spending

4 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

The U.S. just unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs. Here’s how that could affect Fed interest rates, gas prices, and the Iran war

5 hrs / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

US sheds 92,000 jobs in February, unemployment rises

8 hrs / semafor / Natasha Bracken

The jobs market is getting worse and white-collar layoffs piling up

10 hrs / qz / Catherine Baab

US employment unexpectedly contracts in February, unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

11 hrs / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Anthropic officially deemed supply chain risk, CEO Amodei announces legal challenge

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - The Pentagon formally notified Anthropic on March 4 that the company and its products have been designated as a supply chain risk to US national security.The article Anthropic officially deemed supply chain risk, CEO Amodei announces legal challenge appea…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #genai #government #supplychain #us #law #litigation

Cloud vendors preserve access — Microsoft, Google, Amazon keep Claude available (4)
Legal battle — Anthropic vows court fight over DoD blacklist (7)
Reputation and safety — Brand, ethics, and market fallout from Pentagon ban (7)
Security and product — Bug hunting and new product launches (3)
All Other Stories

Cloud vendors preserve access — Microsoft, Google, Amazon keep Claude available

Amazon says Anthropic’s Claude still OK for AWS customers to use outside defense work

5 hrs / cnbc

Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non-defense customers

5 hrs / techcrunch / Julie Bort, Rebecca Bellan

Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects

6 hrs / cnbc

Microsoft Maintains Anthropic Claude AI Integration Despite Pentagon Supply Chain Blacklist

6 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

1 hr / ft

AI is supercharging surveillance, and the law has not caught up with it.

3 hrs / bsky / @technologyreview.com / technologyreview.com

I cannot believe OpenAI has something higher priority than porn but apparently it’s pressing pause on Adult Mode sources.news/p/liz-reid-g...

6 hrs / bsky / @rani.bsky.social / rani.bsky.social

Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #government #business #asia #law #regulation #crypto

Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

9 hrs / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Dubai regulator orders KuCoin to halt ‘unlicensed’ crypto services

14 hrs / theblock / Brian Danga

Dubai crypto regulator says KuCoin exchange is operating without proper license and must stop

15 hrs / coindesk / Ian Allison

UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries

Lindsay Clark / theregister - House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth Britain's creative industries will face significant damage unless the government strengthens AI copyright law, according to a House of Lords committee…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #government #uk #creativity #law #intellectualproperty #copyright

Who Made This Song? Platforms Start to Label AI Music

21 min / pymnts / PYMNTS

UK Lords Demand AI Limits to Protect Creative Jobs

7 hrs / eweek / eWEEK Staff

UK Abandons AI Copyright Plans After Artists Reject Opt-Out Model

8 hrs / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

UK peers warn weakening AI copyright law could hammer creative industries

11 hrs / theregister / Lindsay Clark

UK government delays AI copyright rules amid artist outcry

13 hrs / engadget / Steve Dent

Lords warn against AI threat to ‘powerhouse’ creative sector

15 hrs / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports

Dan Robinson / theregister - Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad The Trump administration is reportedly planning new restrictions on GPU exports, aimed not only at controlling who gets them, but at driving AI investment back into t…

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #defensetech #nvidia #government #supplychain #us

Commerce Department Drafts Global AI Chip Export Rules Linking Sales to US Investment

9 hrs / implicator / Maria Garcia

Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports

11 hrs / theregister / Dan Robinson

US Commerce Department confirms harsh new AI export rules, shoots down reports over the return of Biden-era AI Diffusion rule — DoC to formalize a new approach to strategic AI accelerator export controls

12 hrs / tomshardware

“AI chips will remain in America unless foreign countries invest in the US”

16 hrs / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Vancouver mayor's bitcoin investment proposal blocked by city, provincial law

Sam Reynolds / coindesk - Officials say the Vancouver Charter limits city reserves to government debt, bank instruments and other traditional assets.

#blockchain #crypto #banking #government #bitcoin #treasury #canada #law #regulation #crypto

Vancouver mayor's bitcoin investment proposal blocked by city, provincial law

16 hrs / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

Bitcoin not an ‘allowable asset’: Vancouver city staff asks council to drop BTC reserve motion

19 hrs / theblock / Danny Park

Vancouver Moves to Close Bitcoin Reserve Proposal After Legal Review

21 hrs / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time

Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from colle…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #google #government #us #apps #law #safety #regulation

Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media (5)
On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules (3)
Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation (2)
Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work (2)

Across Asia: governments moving to ban under-16s on social media

Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social media

10 hrs / techcrunch / Kate Park

India’s Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under-16s

11 hrs / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says

12 hrs / abcnews

Big Asian social media markets step up ban on access for under-16s

13 hrs / ft

Karnataka To Ban Social Media For Children Below 16

18 hrs / inc42 / Shrishti Bisht

On Capitol Hill: federal push for tougher kids' online rules

Lawmakers just advanced online safety laws that require age verification at the app store

25 hrs / theverge / Emma Roth

COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time

27 hrs / engadget / Anna Washenko

House GOP Moves Ahead with Kids Online Safety Package as Democrats Balk

28 hrs / techpolicy

Privacy and household risks: broader concerns beyond regulation

The household cyber risk no one talks about

20 hrs / e27 / Sainul

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online | The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship

31 hrs / reddit / /u/Hrmbee

Tech reality check: how age verification will actually work

US state laws push age checks into the operating system

9 hrs / theregister / Liam Proven

GTA Online players in Australia will soon face age checks under new R18+ gaming rules

12 hrs / techspot

China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.…

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #government #business #supplychain #economy #manufacturing

China’s Zhejiang, Guangdong provinces vie to heed Xi Jinping’s call for innovation

11 hrs / scmp

China pledges full support for tech sector with broad range of new policies

12 hrs / scmp

Chinese tech firms struggle to keep pace in AI race

13 hrs / semafor / Prashant Rao

China's most senior semiconductor executives issued a public call this week for a consolidated national effort to build a domestic alternative to Dutch lithography giant ASML, warning that the country's chip equipment industry remains too "small, fragment

19 hrs / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

China's AI Companion Robots: Selling Emotion to the World

21 hrs / pandaily

China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

23 hrs / theregister / Simon Sharwood

China bets on AI-manufacturing integration to narrow digital-economy gap with US

24 hrs / scmp

China to put state-owned firms, capital to work nurturing tech champions

27 hrs / scmp

China’s New 5-Year Plan: More AI, Less US

29 hrs / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

US Mulls Requiring Permits for Global Nvidia, AMD AI Chip Sales

29 hrs / reddit / /u/RobotWantsKitty

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

Joseph Cox / 404media - A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #doj #judiciary #payments #law #encryption #digitalprivacy

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

25 hrs / reddit / /u/CackleRooster

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester

27 hrs / ycombinator

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

28 hrs / 404media / Joseph Cox

Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI have signed a White House pledge committing to generate their own electricity for new AI data centers.The post Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#climate #ai #cloud #techpolicy #energy #government #business #datacenter #governance #technology

AI Data Centers Are Doing More Harm Than Just Driving Up Utility Prices

10 hrs / bgr

Doosan Enerbility wins U.S. order for 7 gas turbines for data center project

16 hrs / co / Chang Dong-woo

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Falls Amid Historic Workforce Reductions Over AI Costs

16 hrs / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Protecting the electricity grid is crucial for national security

21 hrs / politico / POLITICO Studio

U.S President gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation | With no enforcement and questionable economics, it may not make a difference.

23 hrs / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Power price rises are from data centres. Nothing but data centres.

25 hrs / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers

28 hrs / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Big Tech Promises to Pay for AI Data Center Power, but Who Will Enforce It?

28 hrs / cnet / Alex Valdes

Pentagon says it is labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk 'effective immediately'

abcnews - 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 using the AI chatbot Claude

#ai #cybersecurity #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #microsoft #genai #government #supplychain #litigation

Anthropic challenges designation, promises legal battle (9)
Industry reaction: Microsoft keeps Claude; Nvidia speaks (4)
Other: tools, user conversations, analysis, and opinion pieces (7)
Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply‑chain risk (10)
All Other Stories

Anthropic challenges designation, promises legal battle

Anthropic will sue the Pentagon over supply chain risk designation, Amodei says

10 hrs / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Anthropic sues US government after unprecedented national security designation

10 hrs / theregister / Connor Jones

The Download: 10 things that matter in AI, plus Anthropic’s plan to sue the Pentagon

12 hrs / technologyreview / Thomas Macaulay

Anthropic says it will sue Pentagon over supply chain risk label

13 hrs / techspot

Anthropic will fight US ‘supply chain risk’ designation in court

14 hrs / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Anthropic says it will challenge Defense Department's supply chain risk designation in court

19 hrs / engadget / Mariella Moon

Anthropic says Pentagon’s risk designation will have limited impact on its business

22 hrs / ft

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court

23 hrs / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Anthropic Lost the Pentagon Contract. It Won the Argument. Then Offered to Keep the Lights On.

24 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Industry reaction: Microsoft keeps Claude; Nvidia speaks

OpenAI VP Joins Anthropic After Pentagon Deal

13 hrs / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic says Claude is adding over a million new users every day

16 hrs / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Nvidia says its investments in OpenAI and Anthropic are likely its last

21 hrs / techspot

Microsoft says Anthropic’s products remain available to customers after Pentagon blacklist

23 hrs / cnbc

Other: tools, user conversations, analysis, and opinion pieces

Washington’s Anthropic-shaped abyss

11 hrs / ft

OpenAI Sells Labor. Anthropic Sells Principle. Both Are Negotiating.

11 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

AI in a Time of War

13 hrs / spyglass / M.G. Siegler

‘Send Us More’: Anthropic’s Claude Sniffs Out Bevy of Bugs

14 hrs / wsj / Robert McMillan

Anthropic launches tool to monitor jobs lost to AI systems

22 hrs / siliconangle / James Farrell

Anthropic: Where things stand with the Department of War

23 hrs / reddit / /u/ligretto

Had a genuinely moving conversation with Claude about identity, humanity, and the gap between "friendly" and "friend." Discussion

24 hrs / reddit / /u/Agitated-Clothes-250

Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply‑chain risk

Pentagon Brands Anthropic a Security Threat After Company Refuses Weapons AI Development

11 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Pentagon designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

13 hrs / semafor / Tom Chivers

Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply chain risk

15 hrs / techzine / Mels Dees

Pentagon labels AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk

19 hrs / npr / The Associated Press

Pentagon says it is labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk 'effective immediately'

23 hrs / abcnews

Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk

24 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

The Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic That It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

26 hrs / nytimes / Cade Metz, Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

The Pentagon formally labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk

26 hrs / theverge / Tina Nguyen

Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk, Escalating Conflict

28 hrs / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply-chain risk

30 hrs / reddit / /u/mvanigan

All Other Stories

Claude Code Connects to Google, Slack, and Reddit. Your Browser Tabs Won't Be Missed.

9 hrs / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Fake Claude Code install guides push infostealers in InstallFix attacks

10 hrs / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Anthropic last night confirmed it has been designated a ‘supply chain risk’ by the US administration, and says it has no choice but to challenge it in the courts.

12 hrs / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/05/2233247/pentagon-formally-designates-anthropic-a-supply-chain-risk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

21 hrs / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million

scmp - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle its civil fraud case against Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, with one of Sun’s companies paying a US$10 million penalty, a court filing showed on Thursday.The SEC sued Sun and …

#crypto #government #business #finance #law #litigation #sec #crypto

Justin Sun Reaches $10 Million Settlement With SEC, Fraud Charges Dismissed

13 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million

26 hrs / scmp

SEC Moves to Settle Justin Sun Case With $10M Penalty for BitTorrent Owner

26 hrs / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

SEC dismisses claims against Justin Sun and Tron Foundation, BitTorrent developer Rainberry agrees to pay $10M fine

27 hrs / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

SEC, Justin Sun reach settlement over Tron lawsuit

27 hrs / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

#crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #business #payments #law #litigation #regulation #crypto

Fed clarifies capital rules for tokenized securities, says framework is ‘technology neutral’

26 hrs / theblock / Kyle Baird

U.S. banking agencies say capital should be same for standard or tokenized securities

27 hrs / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access

29 hrs / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

More crypto firms likely to get Fed master accounts and banks lack power to block approvals, TD Cowen says

29 hrs / theblock / Yogita Khatri

Kraken rolls out unified execution layer for xStocks tokenized equities called xChange

30 hrs / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

Morning Minute: Kraken Cracks the Fed

34 hrs / decrypt / Tyler Warner

OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here.Familiar tensions around Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO Sam Altman voiced his s…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #openai #aiethics #genai #government #business #altman #safety

Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps (3)
GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win (22)
OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects (4)
Pentagon deal fallout: Altman's credibility on the line (6)
All Other Stories

Canada safety row: Altman agrees immediate AI safety steps

OpenAI sets new safety standards following Solomon meeting and pressure over Tumbler Ridge response

28 hrs / betakit / Alex Riehl

OpenAI Commits to Stronger AI Safety Standards for Canada

30 hrs / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Canadian government says OpenAI will take further steps to strengthen safety protocols

32 hrs / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

GPT-5.4 launch: OpenAI teases powerful model, seeks a win

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with computer vision, tool use enhancements

25 hrs / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 model on ChatGPT and Codex

25 hrs / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 with more “professional work” skills

27 hrs / sherwood / Jon Keegan

OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 focuses on real work like spreadsheets, documents, and coding

28 hrs / betanews / Wayne Williams

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge work capability

28 hrs / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

GPT-5.4 Is Here: OpenAI’s ‘Most Capable and Efficient’ Model for Professional Work

28 hrs / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

OpenAI Ships GPT-5.4

29 hrs / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model makes ChatGPT better at handling your complex, multi-step workflows

29 hrs / digitaltrends

OpenAI, in Desperate Need of a Win, Launches GPT-5.4

29 hrs / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Days Just After Last Version as 'QuitGPT' Exodus Gains Steam

29 hrs / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.4: New Financial Analysis Tools Hit Excel and Google Sheets

29 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 Thinking and Pro combining coding, reasoning, and computer use in one model

29 hrs / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Native Computer Control and 1M Token Context [Video]

29 hrs / iclarified

OpenAI Releases New GPT-5.4 Flagship Model

30 hrs / thurrott / Laurent Giret

OpenAI Stopped Selling Intelligence. GPT-5.4 Sells Labor Instead.

30 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Model For Working In Excel and Google Sheets

30 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 With Built-In Computer Use and 1 Million Token Context Window

30 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

New ChatGPT 5.4 Model Is 'Built for Agents.' Will It Lure Back Claude Converts?

31 hrs / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions

31 hrs / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents

31 hrs / theverge / Emma Roth

I hope you like spreadsheets, because GPT-5.4 loves them

31 hrs / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

OpenAI Teases GPT-5.4 with Cryptic Post — and the Upgrades Could Be Massive

32 hrs / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

OTHER: governance, tooling, and industry ripple effects

RecordPoint Adds MCP Server to Centralize Governance of AI Agents

29 hrs / techstrong / Mike Vizard

GPT 5.4 Thinking and Pro

30 hrs / ycombinator

GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro

30 hrs / ycombinator

GPT-5.4 Thinking System Card

31 hrs / ycombinator

Pentagon deal fallout: Altman's credibility on the line

Nvidia Is Probably Done Investing in OpenAI and Anthropic, Says CEO—Why?

26 hrs / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix

26 hrs / wired / Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger

OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway

27 hrs / wired / Maxwell Zeff

Sam Altman Wants Elected Officials, Not OpenAI, to Decide How Military Uses AI

30 hrs / wsj / Berber Jin

OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

31 hrs / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

OpenAI's Altman takes jabs at Anthropic, says government should be more powerful than companies

32 hrs / cnbc

All Other Stories

In which @ellamarkianos.bsky.social attends a protest at OpenAI and finds an anti-movement gradually gathering steam. A fun story, given the stakes www.platformer.news/openai-prote...

21 hrs / bsky / @caseynewton.bsky.social / caseynewton.bsky.social

In which Ella Markianos attends a protest at OpenAI and finds an anti-movement gradually gathering steam. A fun story, given the stakes https://www.platformer.news/openai-protest-military-ai-movement/

21 hrs / bsky / @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 to Automate Complex Professional Work

23 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

Inside the backlash to the AI war machine

23 hrs / platformer / Ella Markianos

In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications. www.wired.com/story/openai...

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

www.wired.com/story/openai...

24 hrs / bsky / @tepski.tech / tepski.tech

Huge scoop from @mzeff.bsky.social: Sources say the DoD used Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications www.wired.com/story/openai...

24 hrs / bsky / @laurengoode.bsky.social / laurengoode.bsky.social

In 2023, OpenAI’s usage policy explicitly banned the military from accessing its AI models. But some OpenAI employees discovered the Pentagon had already started experimenting with Azure OpenAI, a version of OpenAI’s models offered by Microsoft, sources s

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

That same year, OpenAI employees saw Pentagon officials walking through the company’s San Francisco offices, leaving employees confused about what OpenAI’s usage policies meant. Did the policy apply to Microsoft? OpenAI says now that it didn’t.

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

OpenAI’s latest Pentagon deal divided employees. While CEO Sam Altman said publicly he supported certain red lines—to not allow its AI to be used for legal mass surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons—the company’s agreement appeared to leav

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

“Our ability to understand the effects of military AI in war is and will be severely hindered due to layers of opacity,” said the former head of OpenAI’s geopolitics team in a Substack post. “It’s black boxes all the way down.” Read the full story: www.w

24 hrs / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

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24 hrs / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Introducing GPT‑5.4

25 hrs / simonwillison / Simon Willison

GPT-5.4: reasoning benchmarks flat, professional work +12pts. OpenAI pivoted from selling intelligence to selling labor. Input tokens up 43% to $2.50/M. Classic enterprise play #AI #OpenAI https://www.implicator.ai/openai-stopped-selling-intelligence-gpt-

27 hrs / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

GPT-5.4 is billed as "our most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work."

27 hrs / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Sam Altman’s abrupt Pentagon announcement brings protesters to HQ

30 hrs / reddit / /u/abrownn

If the original "Terminator" movie had a prequel...could this be the origin story of Skynet? www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/o... via @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com @cnbc.com

30 hrs / bsky / @thedomino.bsky.social / thedomino.bsky.social

Anthropic Returns to Negotiations With Pentagon Over AI Guardrails

PYMNTS / pymnts - Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei has resumed discussions with the Pentagon over how the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) models can be used by the U.S. military, reopening negotiations that collapsed last week over disagreements about safety r…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #business #governance #safety

Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos (3)
Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations (4)
Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict (5)
Wider debate: AI guardrails, industry impact and lessons (3)
All Other Stories

Amodei lashes out at OpenAI in leaked staff memos

Anthropic CEO Calls OpenAI Pentagon Messaging ‘Lies’

27 hrs / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls OpenAI's Messaging Around Military Deal 'Straight Up Lies'

32 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

Amodei torches OpenAI in leaked memo

38 hrs / therundown / Zach Mink

Back at the table: Anthropic resumes Pentagon negotiations

OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate—The Chaos Continues

27 hrs / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Not so fast: Anthropic and US military might do business after all

31 hrs / mashable

Anthropic Returns to Negotiations With Pentagon Over AI Guardrails

31 hrs / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon

32 hrs / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, escalates conflict

Anthropic labelled a supply chain risk by Pentagon

28 hrs / bbc

It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk

28 hrs / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk

29 hrs / ycombinator

Anthropic officially told by DOD that it's a supply chain risk even as Claude used in Iran

30 hrs / cnbc

Pentagon Formally Labels Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk, Escalating Conflict

30 hrs / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Wider debate: AI guardrails, industry impact and lessons

The year of Anthropic

29 hrs / qz / Jackie Snow

Each month it seems like there's more – with higher stakes – to talk about w/ @kantrowitz.bsky.social... • Anthropic v. the US Government • Apple's AI Wearable Future • Netflix Walks Away from Warner Bros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzhr1_MwmBk

31 hrs / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Lessons from Anthropic’s battle with the Pentagon

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Smart businesses don’t adapt to crony capitalism

27 hrs / fastcompany / Daniella Ballou-Aares

Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users

tomshardware - While Bambu Lab builds tools to protect creators, a Chinese court case over 3D-printed Labubu fakes turns the tables on the 3DP giant.

#ai #cloud #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #energy #government #business #datacenter #us

Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs

30 hrs / theregister / Dan Robinson

US Tech Firms Pledge At White House To Bear Costs of Energy For Datacenters

34 hrs / slashdot / BeauHD

Tech giants make non-binding White House pledge to cover AI data center energy costs

34 hrs / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Big Tech pledges to cover AI data center power costs

35 hrs / semafor / Tim McDonnell

Labubu sues 3D printer maker Bambu Lab for items made by its users — MakerWorld design repository in hot water over IP theft by its users

35 hrs / tomshardware

The Pentagon-Anthropic feud is quietly obscuring the real fight over military AI

Caroline Orr Bueno / fastcompany - The controversy over the Pentagon’s use of Anthropic’s models has become a flashpoint in the national debate over military artificial intelligence, and sparked outrage from Washington to Silicon Valley. The Pentagon wanted to buy Anthropic’s AI models wit…

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Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI (4)
Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war (2)
Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract (5)
Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused (3)
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Former officials push back — legal and governance alarm over AI

The Pentagon-Anthropic feud is quietly obscuring the real fight over military AI

38 hrs / fastcompany / Caroline Orr Bueno

Defense experts defend Anthropic in letter to Congress, slam DoD for setting ‘dangerous precedent’

38 hrs / reddit / /u/app1310

Former Military Officials, Academics, and Tech Policy Leaders Denounce Pentagon’s Tactics Against Anthropic

39 hrs / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Defense experts defend Anthropic in letter to Congress, slam DoD for setting 'dangerous precedent'

39 hrs / cnbc

Industry feud: Anthropic accuses OpenAI of dishonesty, messaging war

Microsoft Thinks Less. Claude Picks Targets. Washington Signs Paper.

35 hrs / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic CEO accuses OpenAI of dishonesty over DoD contract

39 hrs / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Negotiations collapse: Anthropic, Pentagon clash over $200M contract

Anthropic resumes $200 million US Defense Department contract talks

35 hrs / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

5 unresolved questions hanging over the Anthropic–Pentagon fracas: 'It's all very puzzling'

35 hrs / cnbc

Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department

36 hrs / engadget / Mariella Moon

Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup

37 hrs / theverge / Robert Hart

Claude AI’s Pentagon Deal Falls Apart as Anthropic and Military Resume Negotiations

37 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Startups race to build weapons systems Anthropic refused

Anthropic CEO attacks OpenAI's Pentagon deal as "safety theater" while investors scramble for de-escalation

34 hrs / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

A Startup's Guide To The Anthropic Vs. Pentagon Showdown

36 hrs / upstartsmedia / Alex Konrad

Anthropic refused a $200M Pentagon weapons contract — now startups are racing to build what it wouldn’t

38 hrs / siliconcanals / Tommy Baker

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The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic is a threat to America's entire AI boom

34 hrs / qz / Catherine Baab

This regime wants to rule the world, and we know it. These people are a hybrid of Russia, Turkey, and now Israel,combined!

36 hrs / bsky / @jpezzo.bsky.social / jpezzo.bsky.social

Big tech companies agree to not ruin your electric bill with AI data centers

Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the White House announced that several major players in tech and AI have agreed to steps that will keep electricity costs from rising due to data centers. Under this Ratepayer Protection Pledge, companies are agreeing to practices that are intended …

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AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

37 hrs / cnet / Macy Meyer

Tech giants sign White House pledge to curb AI data center energy costs

39 hrs / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

AI data centers are America's next political fight. Big Tech is ready

39 hrs / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Tech Giants Commit to Covering AI Data Center Power Expenses Under White House Agreement

40 hrs / parameter / Trader Edge

Big Tech Joins White House Energy Pledge as Iran Tensions Threaten Higher Costs

42 hrs / bsky / @decrypt.co / decrypt.co

Big Tech Joins White House Energy Pledge as Iran Tensions Threaten Higher Costs

45 hrs / decrypt / Jason Nelson

US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters

47 hrs / ycombinator

Big tech companies agree to not ruin your electric bill with AI data centers

2 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance

2 days / wired / Molly Taft

Datacenters pledging to produce their own power but gas turbines in short supply

2 days / reddit / /u/CompetitiveLake3358

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower begins nuclear reactor construction

Anna Washenko / engadget - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted approval to TerraPower to begin construction of a reactor in Wyoming. The project is the first new US commercial nuclear reactor in about a decade, according to The New York Times. TerraPower was founded by Bi…