Tag Directory / TECHPOLICY     showing 1–6 of 6   RSS

for: Friday, February 13, 2026



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


All Other Stories

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

18 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/...

20 days / bsky / @simonwillison.net / simonwillison.net

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


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...

20 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


xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.The article xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safe…

#startups #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #governance #jobs #xai #grokai #safety

Perplexity tests new ultra-fast Gamma mode powered by Grok

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Developer targeted by AI hit piece warns society cannot handle AI agents that decouple actions from consequences

19 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee.

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

Impressive how obvious this typo is and yet

20 days / bsky / @themckenziest.gay / themckenziest.gay

Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours

20 days / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI? | Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”

20 days / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

The Best Time to Leave xAI Is Before Joining. The Next Best Time is Right Now

20 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center

21 days / cnbc

xAI Loses Half Its Co-Founders as Musk Announces Reorganization After SpaceX Merger

21 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

21 days / techcrunch / Theresa Loconsolo

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty.

21 days / bigtechnology / Alex Kantrowitz

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?

21 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Antitrust Policy Hangs in the Balance as Respected Top Prosecutor Departs

21 days / newcomer / Jonathan Weber

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19137 / 16 stories in 21 days


Tomasz Stanczak to step down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, Bastian Aue to take interim role

James Hunt / theblock - Tomasz Stanczak will step down at the end of February, with Bastian Aue taking over alongside Hsiao-Wei Wang.

#blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #decentralisation #business #governance #jobs #community #crypto

Ethereum Foundation gets new leadership as co-Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak steps down

21 days / sherwood / Sage D. Young

Tomasz Stanczak to step down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, Bastian Aue to take interim role

21 days / theblock / James Hunt

Ethereum Foundation leadership shake-up: Tomasz Stańczak out as co-executive director

21 days / coindesk / Margaux Nijkerk

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19134 / 3 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


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

Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 8:20 am / permalink 19121 / 17 stories in 21 days


Back to Top


TECHPOLICY Heatmap

90 days, weeks are vertical, left is older; hover for info, click to see that day's coverage.



More Top Stories...

U.S. prepares strict export controls on AI accelerators, curbing foreign sales

U.S. authorities are drafting new export rules requiring government approval for certain AI accelerators before overseas sales, aiming to limit adversaries’ access to advanced chips. The Commerce Department confirmed a tough approach that stops short of prior proposals but signals significant restrictions, forcing vendors and customers to navigate fresh geopolitical red tape. More...


Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply‑chain risk; company vows legal fight

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...


Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to a $40 billion loan to finance its planned stake in OpenAI, an audacious use of leverage to double down on the AI boom. The move would be one of the largest single‑company financing gambits in recent memory, raising questions about balance‑sheet strain versus potential upside. More...


Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...


NorthFeed Inc.

Disclaimer: The information provided on this website is intended for general informational purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness or reliability of the content. Users are encouraged to verify all details independently. We accept no liability for errors, omissions, or any decisions made based on this information.