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fromFortune
1 month agoTrump team livid about Dario Amodei's principled stand to keep the Defense Department from using his AI tools for warlike purposes | Fortune
Anthropic's $200 million Defense Department contract faces review after concerns about Pentagon use of its Claude AI during a raid.
fromTechCrunch
2 days agoEmil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he'll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick | TechCrunch
When asked whether he had been shown the door alongside Travis Kalanick, Michael answered with a single word: 'Effectively.' He resigned eight days before Kalanick did, as part of the fallout from a workplace investigation triggered by allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the company.
Tech industry
fromEngadget
1 week agoAnthropic is doubling Claude's usage limits during off-peak hours for the next two weeks
From March 13 to March 27, users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans will get double the usage limits in a five-hour window when using Claude outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET. According to Anthropic, the promotion is automatic, and users don't have to enable anything to get the benefits.
Artificial intelligence
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks agoAnthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation | TechCrunch
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after being labeled a supply chain risk for refusing unrestricted military access to its AI systems, citing concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
#ai-governance
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks agoIt's official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to allow military use of its AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
3 weeks agoAnthropic's Claude can now absorb your past conversations with other AI chatbots
Anthropic launched a memory import tool enabling users to transfer conversation history from competing AI chatbots like ChatGPT into Claude, capitalizing on recent user migration driven by OpenAI's Department of Defense contract.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoKaty Perry shares Claude Pro subscription screenshot with heart after Pentagon drops Anthropic
Katy Perry publicly purchased a Claude Pro subscription, signaling support for Anthropic amid its conflict with the Department of Defense over military contracts.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoTrump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology
President Trump directs all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology, with a six-month phase-out period, following a dispute with the Department of Defense over military deployment terms.
Public health
fromAdvocate.com
2 months agoMilitary ban on HIV-positive enlistees could set dangerous precedent, experts warn
The Department of Defense has paused training and shipping HIV-positive military applicants pending appeals court ruling, preventing enlistment despite treatable, nontransmissible status.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months agoSen. Mark Kelly Punished By Pete Hegseth After Defending Troops' Right to Disobey Illegal Orders
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and initiated retirement-grade reduction proceedings over a video urging service members to ignore illegal orders.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months agoNot That I'm Aware Of!' Trump Pentagon Press Sec Laughs Out Loud at Question About Candace Owens Conspiracy Theory
DoD press secretary Kingsley Wilson laughed when asked about evidence for Candace Owens' claim of a French assassination plot and said she was not aware.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months agoGrotesque': Jonah Goldberg Savages Trump Over Threat to Court-Martial Dem Senator AND Illegal Orders Video
Jonah Goldberg called the Democrats' video urging troops not to follow illegal orders misdirected, dangerous, and a provocation that enrages Trump supporters.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
5 months agoHegseth, Vought actions heighten fears about continued inspector general independence
Defense Department leadership plans changes to the inspector general process while OMB cut funding for oversight training, raising bipartisan concerns about chilling whistleblowing.
fromAxios
5 months agoInside Trump and Hegseth's unusual meeting with U.S. generals at Quantico
The Defense Department and White House have secure ways to communicate across countries and timezones, Axios' Colin Demarest reports, and it's unorthodox to have leaders simultaneously depart their stations. The gathering that Trump is framing as a sort of military pep rally came after months of high-profile retirements and removals that wiped away decades of the country's national security experience and a historic rebrand to the "Department of War."
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
6 months agoLockheed Martin says the US is interested in its '5th-generation-plus' F-35 that uses tech from its failed 6th-generation bid
CEO Jim Taiclet said on Thursday that there is "a very active engagement at an extremely high level with the Department of Defense" about the upgraded F-35, and that "I expect it will be taken to the White House sometime soon, hopefully, to consider this kind of concept." Speaking at Morgan Stanley's Laguna Conference, he said there is no contract yet, but that if the jet is kept under the Pentagon's current approved plan, the souped-up F-35 would, over time, get near sixth-generation capability.
US news
US politics
fromIndependent
6 months agoMax Boot: Trump's 'Department of War' renaming less alarming than how he uses the US military itself
President Trump's executive order renaming the Department of Defense 'Department of War' is symbolic, prioritizes style over substance, and conflicts with Congress's 1949 naming authority.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
6 months agoTrump is rebranding the Pentagon as the Department of War. Here are 5 other things he's renamed since he got back to the White House.
The president is renaming federal entities, including proposing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, with such changes requiring congressional approval.
Information security
fromNextgov.com
6 months agoReport: Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for DOD use
A Russia-based Yandex employee is sole maintainer of fast-glob, a widely used open-source package embedded in Department of Defense software, posing supply-chain risk.
fromBreaking Defense
7 months agoMining for DOGE: Defense budget docs show $11B in 'efficiencies,' but what are they? - Breaking Defense
Different officials within the Pentagon have reported various figures for savings attributed to DOGE, creating discrepancies and uncertainty about the exact amount of taxpayer dollars saved.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
8 months agoJUST IN: U.S. Military to Begin Using Elon Musk's Grok, Days After AI Chatbot's Embrace of Hitler
On Monday, xAI announced Grok for Government as a suite of products designed to provide frontier AI models to United States Government customers, including the Defense Department.
Artificial intelligence
fromConsequence
8 months agoMetallica Force Pentagon to Pull Video Touting Drone Program Over Unauthorized Use of "Enter Sandman"
The Department of Defense faced a copyright issue after posting a video highlighting drone capabilities set to 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica, requiring the video to be removed.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
8 months agoTech execs from companies chasing defense contracts are now Army officers. A watchdog is calling for an investigation.
Concerns have arisen over the potential conflicts of interest regarding tech executives who joined the Army Reserve while holding lucrative AI contracts with the Department of Defense.
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