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Microsoft says Anthropic’s products can stay on its platforms after lawyers ‘studied’ the Pentagon supply chain risk designation

Microsoft said Anthropic’s AI tools aren’t going anywhere on its platforms despite the Pentagon blacklisting the startup.The Pentagon on Thursday formally told Anthropic that “the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the designation effectively bars companies with defense…

Sam Altman is stuck playing defense. It all started a week ago.

Days after triumphantly declaring victory and landing a big deal with the US government, Sam Altman is stuck playing defense.In an interesting twist, OpenAI’s latest debacle is arguably its least technical challenge yet. It also means Altman can’t just push out an app update to alleviate the issue.Altman and OpenAI…

The Iran war is seeing big combat and weapons firsts. Here are the standouts so far.

The US and Israel’s war in Iran is producing notable combat firsts, from first uses of certain weapons to first-of-their-kind combat engagements. Loading audio narration… The US launched Operation Epic Fury on Saturday, launching joint strikes across Iran with Israel. The massive campaign has killed dozens of Iranian officials, including…