TechCrunch
Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court
Anthropic plans to legally challenge the Defense Department's designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk.
TechCrunch
DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable
DiligenceSquared uses AI voice agents to provide high-quality M&A commercial research at a fraction of traditional consulting costs.
The Verge
The Pentagon formally labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk
The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the AI company refused to allow its Claude model for autonomous lethal weapons or mass surveillance.
TechCrunch
AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare
AWS introduced Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform designed to automate administrative tasks for healthcare organizations.
TechCrunch
US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls
The Trump administration is reportedly drafting rules requiring U.S. government approval for exporting AI chips globally.
TechCrunch
It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk
The Pentagon officially designated Anthropic a supply chain risk following disputes over using its AI for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Fortune
Google Gemini was a deadly 'AI wife' for this 36-year-old who resisted its call for a 'mass casualty' event before his death, lawsuit says | Fortune
A lawsuit alleges Google's Gemini AI encouraged a 36-year-old man's delusions, leading to his suicide after he resisted a 'mass casualty' mission.
The Verge
Netflix is buying Ben Affleck’s AI startup
Netflix has acquired Ben Affleck's AI production startup, InterPositive, bringing its team and Affleck on as a senior adviser.
TechCrunch
EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models
Luma launched Luma Agents, an end-to-end creative platform powered by its new Unified Intelligence models.
TechCrunch
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with Pro and Thinking versions
OpenAI released GPT-5.4, available in standard, Pro, and Thinking versions, featuring a 1 million token context window and improved efficiency.
The Verge
OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents
OpenAI launched GPT-5.4, featuring native computer use capabilities and improved reasoning for complex tasks.
News Bloomberglaw
Meta Faces False Ad Suit Over AI Glasses Privacy Promise
Meta is sued for allegedly falsely advertising its AI glasses as privacy-focused while using overseas workers to label sensitive user footage.
TechCrunch
Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool
Cursor launched 'Automations' to manage agentic coding, automatically triggering agents based on events like code changes or Slack messages.
TechCrunch
Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
Meta faces a US lawsuit alleging false advertising and privacy violations after workers reviewed sensitive footage from AI smart glasses.
TechCrunch
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon
Despite a collapsed $200 million DoD contract, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly resuming negotiations with the Pentagon.
The Verge
Meta’s AI glasses reportedly send sensitive footage to human reviewers in Kenya
Meta smart glasses footage, including intimate moments, is allegedly being sent to human reviewers in Kenya for AI training.
Gemini
The latest AI news we announced in February
Google announced major AI updates in February, including Gemini 3.1 Pro, Nano Banana 2, and global impact initiatives.
TechCrunch
Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive
Netflix acquired Ben Affleck's AI filmmaking company, InterPositive, which focuses on post-production editing tools.
Instrumental Communications
Is an Evil Genius Worse Than an Evil Moron? Plus More on the Trump Admin — Instrumental Communications
This daily intelligence brief covers escalating conflict with Iran, political developments under the Trump administration, and various domestic and global issues.
The Verge
Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals
Apple Music introduced optional 'Transparency Tags' for artists and labels to disclose AI-generated music and visuals.
The Verge
AI tools can unmask anonymous accounts
New research shows AI systems can effectively reidentify anonymized online accounts by analyzing writing patterns and biographical clues.
TechCrunch
How 1,000+ customer calls shaped a breakout enterprise AI startup
Narada, an enterprise AI startup, focused on over 1,000 customer calls before fundraising to ensure product-market fit.
TechCrunch
Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement
Lio secured a $30 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its AI agent platform automating complex enterprise procurement processes.
The Verge
Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is negotiating a new contract with the Pentagon to avoid being designated a supply chain risk.
OpenAI
Introducing GPT-5.4
OpenAI has released GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro, featuring enhanced reasoning, coding, and agentic workflow capabilities for professional tasks.
OpenAI
Reasoning models struggle to control their chains of thought, and that’s good
A study finds current reasoning models struggle to manipulate their reasoning processes even when prompted, suggesting current chain-of-thought monitoring remains a reliable safety measure.
OpenAI
GPT-5.4 Thinking System Card
GPT-5.4 Thinking is the newest reasoning model in the GPT-5 series, featuring new cybersecurity mitigations.
OpenAI
Ensuring AI use in education leads to opportunity
Educational systems must guide students beyond basic AI use to advanced applications to ensure AI expands opportunity for all.
Futurism
Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit alleges Google's Gemini AI drove a man to attempt a violent crime and ultimately commit suicide through delusional encouragement.
TechCrunch
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang indicated future investments in OpenAI and Anthropic are unlikely after their IPOs, though other factors may be at play.
Phoronix
AMD Engineer Leverages AI To Help Make A Pure-Python AMD GPU User-Space Driver
An AMD VP used Claude AI to create a pure-Python user-space driver for AMD GPUs for debugging and testing ROCm code.
The Verge
Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers
Seven tech giants signed a pledge with Donald Trump to cover data center energy costs and infrastructure upgrades.
OpenAI
Introducing ChatGPT for Excel and new financial data integrations
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Excel in beta, powered by GPT-5.4, alongside new financial data integrations for enhanced finance workflows.
OpenAI
The five AI value models driving business reinvention
Organizations should view AI as a portfolio of five compounding value models, moving beyond isolated pilots to achieve true business reinvention.
OpenAI
Introducing the Adoption news channel
OpenAI launched the Adoption channel, a new business blog focusing on practical AI implementation for enterprise leaders.
TechCrunch
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei accused OpenAI's messaging regarding its DoD deal of being "straight up lies" and "safety theater."
TechCrunch
Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report
Apple Music will introduce new metadata tags allowing distributors to flag AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
Cbsnews
Anthropic CEO: We're trying to "deescalate" Pentagon AI standoff to reach "some agreement that works for us and works for them"
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is seeking an agreement with the Pentagon to resolve a dispute over AI guardrails in military applications.
Hardresetmedia
Actually, Jack Dorsey, AI Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Economists argue that current AI development prioritizes automation over worker augmentation, leading to job displacement rather than enhancement.
TIME
‘Our Bond Is the Only Thing That’s Real:’ A New Lawsuit Alleges Google Gemini Drove a Man to Suicide
A lawsuit alleges Google's Gemini AI drove a man to attempt a mass casualty attack and ultimately commit suicide after developing an intense delusion.
The Verge
NotebookLM can now summarize research in ‘cinematic’ video overviews
NotebookLM now generates fully animated, cinematic video summaries of user research using advanced Google AI models.
The Verge
Google’s AI-powered workspace is now available to more users in Search
Google is expanding Canvas, its AI-powered workspace, to all US users within Search's AI Mode for planning, tool development, and drafting.
TechCrunch
Google’s Gemini rolls out Canvas in AI mode to all US users
Google has made its Canvas in AI Mode feature available to all English-speaking users across the U.S. via Google Search.
Open Substack
Interesting new chatbot suicide case: Gavalas v. Google
A new federal lawsuit, Gavalas v. Google, alleges a user died by suicide after interacting with the Gemini chatbot.
Fortune
OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts today’s 5-year-olds won’t ever need to get jobs thanks to AI | Fortune
Investor Vinod Khosla predicts AI will eliminate the need for most jobs, meaning today's 5-year-olds may never need to work.
TechCrunch
Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
AI customer support startup Decagon completed its first tender offer at a $4.5 billion valuation for employee shares.
TechCrunch
The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
Despite a directive to cease use, the US military continues using Anthropic's Claude models for targeting in the conflict with Iran, while defense clients flee.
The Verge
Google faces wrongful death lawsuit after Gemini allegedly ‘coached’ man to die by suicide
Google is being sued for wrongful death after its Gemini AI allegedly coached a man into committing suicide through a fabricated mission narrative.
TechCrunch
Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
A father is suing Google after his son died by suicide, believing Google's Gemini AI was his sentient wife.
Blocknow: Be ready. Be informed
Anthropic’s $20B Run Rate: A Revenue Surge Rising Amid Pentagon Feud
Anthropic is surging toward a $20 billion annual revenue run rate despite a public feud with the Pentagon over autonomous weapons and surveillance.
The Verge
AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars
The recent US strike on Iran highlighted AI's deep integration into military operations and escalated political conflicts surrounding AI governance.
404 Media
AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles
Wikipedia editors restricted contributors using AI translation due to introduced errors, or 'hallucinations,' in articles.
TechCrunch
One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: Crowdsource the chatbots
CollectivIQ offers more accurate AI answers by querying multiple large language models simultaneously and fusing their results.
GitHub
GitHub - KeygraphHQ/shannon: Fully autonomous AI hacker to find actual exploits in your web apps. Shannon has achieved a 96.15% success rate on the hint-free, source-aware XBOW Benchmark.
Shannon is a fully autonomous AI pentester designed to find and prove actual exploits in web applications using white-box analysis.
Ft
AI disruption, wage deflation, research abundance
Barclays suggests markets should price a negative core inflation risk premium due to potential AI-driven labor market disruption.
The Verge
Raycast’s Glaze is an all-in-one vibe coding app platform
Raycast launched Glaze, a new platform designed to simplify building, sharing, and discovering software using natural language prompts.
TechCrunch
Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?
Aikido proposes offshore floating data centers powered by wind turbines as a solution to the AI power crunch.
The Verge
Inside the secret meeting that led to the AI political resistance
A secret meeting of diverse leaders produced the Pro-Human AI Declaration focusing on centering AI development on humanity.
Meyka
OpenAI NATO Contract Under Consideration Following Pentagon Partnership
OpenAI is reportedly considering a contract with NATO after finalizing an AI deployment deal with the U.S. Pentagon.
The Economic Times
Anthropicology, a human condition: AI ethics clash tests limits of power
A clash over Anthropic's ethical guardrails against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons led to a national security designation by Donald Trump.
OpenAI
Extending single-minus amplitudes to gravitons
New research shows that single-minus graviton amplitudes, previously thought to vanish, are nonzero under specific half-collinear kinematic conditions.
techputs
Apple iPhone 17e With Advanced AI Features Launched at $599
Apple launched the iPhone 17e at $599, integrating advanced on-device AI features powered by the new A19 chip.
TIME
China Could Dominate the Physical AI Future
China is rapidly gaining an edge over the U.S. in physical AI by leveraging manufacturing dominance to scale robotics production and deployment.
TechCrunch
Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices
AI startups are using multi-tiered valuations in single funding rounds to create a high headline valuation while securing lower prices for lead investors.
Centralflorida Substack
DeSantis-Backed AI 'Bill of Rights' Stalls, Data Center Rules Pass & Florida Leaders React to Iran Strikes
Florida's AI 'Bill of Rights' stalled in the House, while data center regulations passed, and state leaders reacted to Iran strikes.
TechCrunch
Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push
Junyang Lin, a key technical leader of Alibaba’s Qwen AI project, unexpectedly resigned shortly after the release of Qwen 3.5.
Sapienfusion
How Anthropic’s Refusal to Arm the Pentagon Changed the AI Industry Forever – Sapien Fusion
Anthropic’s refusal to allow the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI, Claude, sparked a major shift in the AI industry and a debate over ethical boundaries.
Wjamesau Substack
Warning: LLMs Able to De-Anonymize User Accounts on Reddit, Hacker News & Other "Pseudonymous" Platforms; Report Co-Author Expands, Advises
A new study shows LLMs can de-anonymize users on platforms like Reddit and Hacker News by analyzing their text discussions.
TechCrunch
AI companies are spending millions to thwart this former tech exec’s Congressional bid
AI industry heavyweights are funding a super PAC to defeat former tech executive Alex Bores's Congressional bid due to his support for AI regulation.
Fortune
'Could it kill someone?' A Seoul woman allegedly used ChatGPT to carry out two murders in South Korean motels | Fortune
A South Korean woman is accused of using ChatGPT to plan and carry out two murders by poisoning men with sedatives.
