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The Iranian military has been digging out its remaining missiles and launchers, Pentagon leadership said Thursday as the US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports continues amid negotiations between Washington and Tehran. Loading audio narration… The US and Israel have bombarded Iran’s missile launchers and storage facilities, as well as its…
A federal judge has granted Anthropic a major reprieve as the AI company challenges the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting.On Thursday, US District Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the “Presidential Directive” that ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology, and Defense Secretary Pete…
A federal judge in San Francisco lit into the Pentagon on Tuesday for its attempt to blacklist Anthropic following a dispute over its AI. Loading audio narration… “It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic,” Judge Rita Lin said at a hearing on Tuesday to decide whether the government’s “supply…
Google told employees that it was confident its work with the Department of Defense aligned with the company’s AI principles — and that it was “leaning more” into securing national security work with governments, Business Insider has learned.In a Google DeepMind town hall in January, leaders including CEO Demis Hassabis…
A group of nearly 150 retired judges has joined the list of Anthropic’s supporters in its fight with the Pentagon.In a brief filed on Tuesday, 149 retired federal and state judges said the Department of War’s labeling of the AI company as a “supply chain risk” was unfounded. Anthropic is…
A top Pentagon official provided a rare look inside how the military uses Palantir’s Project Maven to carry out strikes. Loading audio narration… Once you detect something you want to target, “this is what we do,” Cameron Stanley, the Department of Defense’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, said during…
Microsoft is squarely in Anthropic’s corner.In a legal filing on Tuesday, Microsoft warned that the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting of Anthropic has “negative ramifications for the entire technology sector and American business community.””This is not the time to put at risk the very AI ecosystem that the Administration has helped to…
The Pentagon last week announced the death of a US Army soldier killed while supporting Operation Epic Fury before a medical examiner had positively identified them. Former military spokespeople said that it was an unusual and awkwardly phrased departure from standard procedures. Loading audio narration… In a press release titled,…
Employees at rival companies — including OpenAI — are rallying behind Anthropic as the startup warns its escalating dispute with the Pentagon could cost $5 billion in lost business. Loading audio narration… More than 30 researchers from OpenAI and Google, including Jeff Dean, the chief scientist of Google DeepMind, filed…
The Pentagon’s R&D chief said the Department of Defense was “scared” about Anthropic shutting off access to its AI during a critical moment.During an appearance on the “All-In Podcast” posted on Friday, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael detailed two pivotal moments that culminated in the Pentagon…
