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Anthropic says Pentagon's "final offer" is unacceptable

The company is facing a Friday night deadline to comply or face potentially huge consequences.

Axios · Feb 26

US military would only use Anthropic's AI technology in legal ways, Pentagon says

The Pentagon’s top spokesman is reiterating that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in legal ways and won’t let the company dictate any limits ahead of a Friday deadline to agree to its demands

The Independent UK · Feb 26

More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead

The Independent UK · Feb 26

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Hill added $34 billion in unrequested defense program funds

Congress added billions of dollars beyond the Pentagon’s budget request for research and procurement projects that receive little scrutiny.

Roll Call · Feb 26

Senators question Pentagon official over El Paso airspace closure

A Pentagon official brushed off criticism over the department’s role in the FAA's brief closure of airspace over El Paso this month.

Roll Call · Feb 26

What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon's Anthropic ultimatum

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfare

The very public feud between the US Department of Defense (also known these days as the Department of War) and its AI technology supplier Anthropic is unusual for pitting state might against corporate power. In the military space, at least, these are usually cosy bedfellows.

The Conversation · Feb 26

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US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades

The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Report Claims Pro-Trump Account Who Called Racist Obama Video a 'Masterpiece' May Be Operated by White House Staffer

A White House rapid response manager is identified as the operator of a pro-Trump X account, raising concerns about political influence and the Hatch Act.

International Business Times UK · Feb 26

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says conflict between Pentagon and Anthropic is ‘not the end of the world’

Anthropic has been given until Friday to allow the Pentagon to use its Claude model for "all lawful purposes," or risk losing its $200 million DoD contract.

TechRadar · Feb 26

Hegseth issues threat over killer AI

In the conflict with Anthropic, Hegseth is once again taking a special interest in the problem of illegal orders

Salon · Feb 26

How Claude conquered Washington, Wall Street and Silicon Valley

Anthropic's Claude has become the AI darling of the moment.

Axios · Feb 26

UFO Full Disclosure Actively Blocked by Pentagon Factions Claiming Demonic Threats, Says Washington Insider

Mark Christopher Lee claims Pentagon factions are blocking UFO disclosure over fears of demonic origins. Explore the internal conflict and its implications for transparency and upcoming revelations.

International Business Times UK · Feb 26

In its fight with Hegseth, Anthropic confronts perhaps the biggest crisis in its five-year existence

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to bar defense contractors from using Anthropic’s Claude AI models unless the company changes some restrictions in its Pentagon contract.

Fortune · Feb 26

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Axios · Feb 25

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude.

The Independent UK · Feb 25

The five Democrats who did show up to defy Donald Trump during his rowdy State of the Union

IN DEPTH: ‘I wanted to show him not only did he not send me to jail, I'm still gonna do my job, and I'm gonna be there to see what he has to say,’ Mark Kelly tells Eric Garcia

We Got This Covered · Feb 25

Pentagon and pizza? Conspiracy theories spiral as Pete Hegseth suggests a plan to expose the trend

Because THIS is what Hegseth should worry about.

Fortune · Feb 25

Hegseth issues an ultimatum to ‘woke AI’ startup Anthropic: Get with military program by Friday or lose $200 million

The Department of Defense gave the AI company a deadline of Friday to allow the Pentagon to use its AI as it sees fit or face steep penalties.

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Reason · Feb 25

Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) has a very interesting item on this today at Lawfare; I'm not an expert on the… The post Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Feb 25

Pentagon to Anthropic: If You Won't Let Us Use Your AI for Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons, Expect Punishment

Pete Hegseth has threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to come around.

International Business Times · Feb 25

Why Pete Hegseth Is Demanding Anthropic Remove Its AI Safety Limits

Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to Claude or face losing its defence contract and a government blacklist designation.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 25

Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.

Axios · Feb 25

Exclusive: U.S. must overhaul military readiness and tech metrics, report urges

"You can think about readiness as being binary, being zero or one. But in reality it is gray."

The Independent UK · Feb 25

Hegseth challenges order blocking Sen. Kelly from punishment over video

Officials from the Justice Department have indicated their intention to review the ruling

The Independent UK · Feb 25

Judge blocks DOJ from ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter’s seized devices

The judge said he will independently review the contents of the reporter’s phone

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