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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government.
Anthropic’s Statement To The ‘Department Of War’ Reads Like A Hostage Note Written In Business Casual
We’ve been covering the ongoing saga of the Trump administration’s attempt to destroy Anthropic for the sin of having modest ethical guidelines around its AI technology. The short version: Anthropic s...
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company's investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story.
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability
Updates come amid user blowback over the company's Pentagon deal.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says
Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.
Just three companies dominated the $189B in VC investments last month
Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.
Anthropic Adds Free Memory Feature and Import Tool to Lure ChatGPT Users to Claude
Anthropic is aiming to lure customers from ChatGPT and Gemini with a new memory import tool that's available to free users as of today. Conversations and memories from other AI providers can be import...
OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean
Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance and autonomous weapons, then turned around and praised a competitor for sign...
The trap Anthropic built for itself
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?
Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for militar...
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders
Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would.
The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.
Many hyperscalers have already made public commitments to cover electricity cost increases.
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude’s AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China’s AI progress.
vxcontrol/pentagi: ✨ Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration te...
✨ Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks
Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage
The apparent issue: whether Claude can be used for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site
WordPress users can now leverage Claude to analyze web traffic or find information about other internal site metrics.
Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival /'dishonest/' and /'authoritarian./'
Techdirt Podcast Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?
Support us on Patreon » On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. One point that...
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI
If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.
How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?
Anthropic's latest paper on /'user disempowerment/' has some troubling findings.
Claude AI Now Lets You Use Slack, Figma, and Canva Within the Chat
Anthropic has announced new interactive tools in Claude that let users open and interact with other services and apps directly within the AI chat interface via the web and Mac app. The update off...
Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos
There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference.
Anthropic’s CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei unloaded on both the administration and U.S. chip companies over plans to sell to China. The criticism was particularly notable because one of those chipmakers, Nvidia, is a...