New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…

8 days / techspot

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

8 days / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

abcnews - New York’s attorney general is suing video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling

#gaming #techpolicy #entertainment #government #judiciary #us #law #steam #litigation #regulation

NY AG: Valve's loot boxes can get kids hooked on gambling

8 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes

8 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Valve Has Been ‘Letting Children and Adults Alike Illegally Gamble,’ New York A.G. Alleges

9 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

New York Sues Valve, Saying Game Developer Promotes Illegal Gambling

9 days / cnet / Steven Musil

Valve in Legal Hot Water in New York Over Loot Boxes and Gambling

9 days / techpowerup

New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

9 days / abcnews

New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’

9 days / theverge / Jay Peters

New York is Suing Valve, Claims the Counter-Strike Developer’s Loot Boxes are “Quintessential Gambling”

9 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling

9 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Canada is calling on OpenAI to implement stricter safety measures in the wake of the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. On Tuesday, OpenAI representatives met with government officials in Ottawa after it was revealed that the tech company had ba…

#techpolicy #openai #aiethics #government #chatgpt #canada #contentmoderation #safety #regulation

OpenAI connection to Tumbler Ridge tragedy puts balance between privacy and public safety in the spotlight

9 days / betakit / Josh Scott

Canada demands more OpenAI safety protocols after B.C. mass shooting

9 days / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI

9 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Canada’s AI minister blames OpenAI for ‘failure’ after mass shooting

9 days / politico / Mickey Djuric

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast

Bobby Allyn / npr - With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.

#techpolicy #politics #youtube #stockmarket #business #scam #law #sec #regulation #polymarket

California gubernatorial candidate penalized after apparent on-camera trading (2)
Kalshi's first public enforcement exposes market policing (1)
MrBeast editor fined and suspended for insider trading (6)
Tax accountant hit jackpot betting against DOGE (1)
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Secfix raises $12M to cut compliance work 90% for European SMBs

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Munich-based Secfix has closed an oversubscribed $12 million Series A led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Bayern…

#vc #cybersecurity #saas #enterprise #infosec #cloudsec #business #security #europe #regulation

Secfix Raises $12M to Slash SMB Compliance Work by 90%

9 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Secfix Secures $12M Series A To Expand Security Compliance Platform

9 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Secfix raises $12M Series A to build end-to-end security compliance platform

10 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Secfix raises $12M to cut compliance work 90% for European SMBs

10 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic Dials Back AI Safety Commitments

Amrith Ramkumar / wsj - The company said competitive pressure prompted it to pivot away from the previous, more-cautious stance.

#ai #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #business #us #safety #regulation

Context: op-eds, risk timelines and AI scene-setting (3)
On the ground: Anthropic backs away from safety pledge (7)
Silicon front: data-extraction claims and enterprise product moves (2)
Washington: Pentagon gives Anthropic a Friday deadline, threatens action (12)

Context: op-eds, risk timelines and AI scene-setting

Anthropic vs. The God of War

9 days / techstrong / Alan Shimel

50M Brains, One AI Machine

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

Anthropic believes RSI (recursive self improvement) could arrive “as soon as early 2027”

10 days / reddit / /u/Tolopono

On the ground: Anthropic backs away from safety pledge

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

9 days / slashdot / msmash

Anthropic Drops Hard Safety Limits From its AI Scaling Policy

9 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic eases AI safety restrictions to avoid slowing development

9 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Time Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / reddit / /u/n0rwester

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge

10 days / ycombinator

Anthropic Dials Back AI Safety Commitments

10 days / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

Silicon front: data-extraction claims and enterprise product moves

Anthropic upgrades Cowork and plugins on Claude for Enterprise

9 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Firms of 16M Claude Data Extraction

10 days / betanews / Camila Nogueira

Washington: Pentagon gives Anthropic a Friday deadline, threatens action

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

9 days / arstechnica / George Hammond and Steff Chávez, Financial Times

Pew Measured the Gap. Hegseth Set the Clock.

9 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic refuses Pentagon demand to loosen military AI restrictions, faces Defense Production Act threat

9 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Pentagon hits Claude with scary AI ultimatum

9 days / therundown / Zach Mink

Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails

10 days / reddit / /u/app1310

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

10 days / theverge / Tina Nguyen

Pentagon’s Anthropic feud deepened after tense exchange over missile attacks

10 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Following: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon

10 days / platformer / Lindsey Choo

US Military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards

10 days / ycombinator

Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute

10 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Pentagon sets Friday deadline for Anthropic to abandon ethics rules for AI — or else

10 days / reddit / /u/leeta0028

Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military's use of AI

10 days / reddit / /u/AThousandBloodhounds

Senator Blumenthal Opens Inquiry Into Iran Transactions on Binance

David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe / nytimes - Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Binance asking about the flow of $1.7 billion from accounts on the crypto exchange to Iranian entities.

#fintech #crypto #banking #government #treasury #us #law #regulation #crypto

U.S. Senator opens probe on Binance over alleged $1.7 billion flow to Iranian entities

9 days / coindesk / Olivier Acuna

Sen. Blumenthal investigates Binance following reports of Iran-linked sanctions evasion

10 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Crypto’s biggest exchange fights back against allegations of moving billions of Iran-linked money

10 days / coindesk / Olivier Acuna

Senator Blumenthal Opens Inquiry Into Iran Transactions on Binance

10 days / nytimes / David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe

Chinese drone-maker DJI sues to overturn FCC foreign drone ban

Jon Keegan / sherwood - The FCC’s move to ban all foreign drones and components is being challenged in federal court.

#techpolicy #china #business #supplychain #us #law #fcc #litigation #drone #regulation

DJI sues the FCC over its prohibition on importing new foreign-made drones into the US — Chinese firm contests its placement on the regulator's 'covered list'

9 days / tomshardware

DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones | DJI lawsuit says company has been “severely harmed by the FCC’s ruling.”

10 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

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10 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones

10 days / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Chinese drone-maker DJI sues to overturn FCC foreign drone ban

10 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan

DJI sues over the FCC’s decision to block new drone imports

10 days / theverge / Emma Roth

Meta Hopes to Launch Stablecoin Payments Project This Year

PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is hoping to enter the stablecoin payment space sometime this year, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Feb. 24), citing unnamed sources. The move would happen if the Facebook owner is successful in integrating with a third-party company to facilitate stablec…

#blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #meta #banking #finance #payments #wallet #regulation #crypto

Meta Gets Back into Crypto, Plans Stablecoin Integration Later This Year https://gizmodo.com/meta-gets-back-into-crypto-plans-stablecoin-integration-later-this-year-2000725733

10 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Meta Platforms (META) Stock: Surges as Company Moves to Re-Enter Stablecoin Market in 2026

10 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Meta Gets Back into Crypto, Plans Stablecoin Integration Later This Year

10 days / gizmodo / Kyle Torpey

Meta Hopes to Launch Stablecoin Payments Project This Year

10 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Facebook owner Meta eyes stablecoin integration this year: report

10 days / theblock / RT Watson

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning stablecoin comeback in the second half of this year

10 days / coindesk / Ian Allison

Reddit hit with $20 million UK data privacy fine over child safety failings

abcnews - Britain’s privacy watchdog fines Reddit nearly $20 million for unlawfully collecting and using children’s personal data

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #reddit #gdpr #law #contentmoderation #safety #regulation

Reddit fined $20 million by UK for not effectively checking users’ ages

10 days / therecord

UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully

10 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

ICO fines Reddit £14.47m over children’s privacy failures

10 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Reddit hit with $20 million UK data privacy fine over child safety failings

10 days / abcnews

UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate

10 days / theregister / Connor Jones

UK watchdog hits Reddit with record £14.47M fine over children’s privacy

10 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Reddit fined £14m by UK data watchdog over age check failings

10 days / bbc

Global regulators say AI image tools don't get a free pass on privacy rules

Carly Page / theregister - Watchdogs warn models that can generate realistic images of people must comply with data protection laws A global coalition of privacy watchdogs has fired a warning shot at the generative AI industry, saying companies churning out realistic synthetic imag…

#ai #dataprivacy #techpolicy #computervision #aiethics #genai #gdpr #contentmoderation #regulation

Global data protection authorities warn generative AI companies against replicating real people

11 days / therecord

Meta's AI Patent to Simulate Dead People Shows the Dangers of 'Spectral Labor'

11 days / 404media / Emanuel Maiberg

Brussels’ privacy reforms stumble out the gate

11 days / politico / Ellen O'Regan

Global regulators say AI image tools don't get a free pass on privacy rules

11 days / theregister / Carly Page

UK among dozens of nations demanding ‘urgent’ action on AI image generation

11 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

Robotaxis are coming to London. The city's famed black cab drivers are skeptical

techxplore - The Ford Mustang Mach-E cruises down a London road choked with traffic, using its onboard AI system to avoid jaywalkers and cyclists, and navigate roadwork as it drives to its destination.

#robotics #selfdriving #robotaxis #government #jobs #europe #automotive #safety #ev #regulation

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11 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Uber launches autonomous vehicles services venture in robotaxi push

11 days / ft

Uber launches robotaxi support project to aid AV partners

11 days / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

The first cars bold enough to drive themselves

11 days / arstechnica / Larry Printz

Robotaxis are coming to London. The city's famed black cab drivers are skeptical

11 days / techxplore

Robotaxis are coming to London. The city's famed black cab drivers are skeptical

12 days / abcnews

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Americans shouldn't bet on getting refunded for the tariffs they have paid up to now. For companies, it's a different story

#apple #tariffs #government #business #judiciary #supplychain #us #economy #law #regulation

Bitcoin see-saws around $68,000, DOGE, ETH slide as tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets

12 days / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974

13 days / ycombinator

Alphabet (GOOG) Stock: Surges 3.74% as Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Lifts Ad Giants

13 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Chronology of major events of S. Korea-U.S. tariff deal leading to U.S. Supreme Court ruling

14 days / co / Oh Seok-min

(News Focus) U.S. tariff ruling fuels fresh uncertainty for S. Korean trade; firms unlikely to alter investment strategies

14 days / co / Chang Dong-woo

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth

14 days / wired / Aarian Marshall

Howard Lutnick’s old firm did not, in fact, profit from Supreme Court tariff ruling

14 days / semafor / Liz Hoffman

How the Supreme Court's decision affects Apple and its $3.3 billion tariff bill

14 days / cnbc

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

14 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Resets Trade and Investment for Middle-Market Firms

14 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

Steven Levy / wired - Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.

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

DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence (2)
On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback (7)
OTHER (2)
Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks (6)
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DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

14 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Congress—Not the Pentagon or Anthropic—Should Set Military AI Rules - Lawfare

14 days / lawfaremedia

On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

14 days / wired / Steven Levy

Pentagon vs. Anthropic: The AI Ethics Showdown Shaping Future Military Tech - OpenTools

14 days / opentools

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

14 days / fastcompany / Rob Walker

The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express

14 days / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Mar

Pentagon AI Integration and Anthropic: Ethics, Strategy, and the Future of Defence Technology Partnerships - Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute (BISI)

14 days / bisi

Maduro raid questions trigger Pentagon review of top AI firm as potential 'supply chain risk' - MSN

14 days / msn

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute - DefenseScoop

15 days / defensescoop

OTHER

Premium Newsletter: The Hater's Guide To Anthropic, an inefficient, bloated AI ab that loses billions of dollars, deceives developers, burns as much as $8-$13 for every dollar of Claude Code revenue, and needs $283 billion to survive the next 4 years. htt

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic allowing Claude Code users to burn 8-13.5x their subscription cost in tokens, the crumbling of the data center financing industry, and AI's lack of impact on overall productivity. https://youtu.be/N_3X6qF2tT

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks

JFrog Lost 25% in One Day. AI-Native Startups Have More to Lose.

14 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Cyber Stocks Slide As Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security'

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Cybersecurity stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security

14 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Wall Street Reacts as Claude Disrupts Cybersecurity Market

14 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs

14 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

What Builders Are Making With Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI

14 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

All Other Stories

Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

14 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…

#movies #streaming #entertainment #antitrust #business #doj #acquisitions #media #films #regulation

The ongoing bidding war between Paramount and Netflix for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery had some significant news this week that could change the outcome. https://sherwood.news/culture/prediction-markets-give-slight-edge-to-netflix-in-warner-b

14 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

Prediction markets give slight edge to Netflix in Warner Bros. battle after eventful week

14 days / sherwood / Saleah Blancaflor

James Cameron just made 3 arguments against Netflix buying Warner Bros. The last one has stakes for the entire world

14 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny

14 days / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Cameron backs Paramount in WBD acquisition

14 days / advanced-television / Editor

Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.

#fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #finance #treasury #payments #regulation #crypto

Banks, Crypto Firms Resume CLARITY Act Talks as White House Backs Select Stablecoin Yields - Eudaimonia and Co

14 days / eand

Custodia CEO Says Trump Family Crypto Ties Are Part of Clarity Act Problem - Yahoo Finance

15 days / yahoo

Risk-Off Capital Shifts Toward Tokenized Assets as DeFi Pulls Back - Decrypt

15 days / decrypt

Risk-Off Capital Shifts Toward Tokenized Assets as DeFi Pulls Back

15 days / decrypt / Akash Girimath

Stablecoin Yield Talks Resume at Third White House Meeting - CoinMarketCap

15 days / coinmarketcap

Anchorage Digital Links Global Banks to Stablecoin Rails

15 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

White House, Banks and Crypto Groups Resume Talks on Stablecoin Rewards

15 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move

15 days / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

‘More to come,’ crypto leaders say after third White House stablecoin meeting

15 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

Eric Berger / arstechnica - "The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

#techpolicy #nasa #astronauts #government #aviation #aerospace #culture #engineering #safety #regulation

NASA Chief Classifies Starliner Flight As 'Type A' Mishap, Says Agency Made Mistakes

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

NASA’s report into troubled Starliner flight makes for uncomfortable reading

15 days / digitaltrends

Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history

15 days / bbc

NASA chief blasts Boeing, space agency for failed Starliner astronaut mission

15 days / npr / Brendan Byrne

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15 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

New NASA Chief Blames Prior Leadership for Botched Starliner Mission

15 days / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

15 days / reddit / /u/xpda

NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes

15 days / arstechnica / Eric Berger

NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle

15 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC

André Beganski / decrypt - The organization is led by industry veteran Jake Chervinsky and backed with $29 million worth of HYPE.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #decentralisation #government #finance #us #regulation #crypto

Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC

16 days / decrypt / André Beganski

Hyperliquid starts DeFi lobbying group with $29 million token backing

16 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Are Citations In AI Search Affected By Google Organic Visibility Changes? via @sejournal, @lilyraynyc

16 days / searchenginejournal / Lily Ray

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomo…

#ai #techpolicy #defensetech #anthropic #aiethics #genai #government #supplychain #palantir #regulation

I found Claude for Government buried in the Claude Desktop binary. Here's what Anthropic built, how it got deployed, and the line they're still holding against the Pentagon.

17 days / reddit / /u/aaddrick

‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic

17 days / wsj / Keach Hagey

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

Good to know! www.semafor.com/article/02/1...

17 days / bsky / @ajvicens.bsky.social / ajvicens.bsky.social

"Soon after the Maduro raid, during a regular check-in that Palantir holds with Anthropic, an Anthropic official discussed the operation with a Palantir senior executive, who gathered from the exchange that the AI startup disapproved of its technolog

17 days / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Palantir partnership is at heart of Anthropic, Pentagon rift

17 days / semafor / Reed Albergotti

Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon

17 days / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Pentagon Weighs Axing $200M Anthropic Deal in Moral Standoff Over AI Safeguards

17 days / eweek / Grant Harvey

Pentagon Considers Designating Anthropic AI as a ‘Supply Chain Risk’: Report

17 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role

tomshardware - OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple name changes.