Anthropic sues the Pentagon in two federal courts, challenging its controversial 'supply-chain risk' designation after refusing to let its AI be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons, calling the government's move unconstitutional retaliation that is causing immediate, irreparable harm to its business.
The White House is preparing an executive order to ban Anthropic's Claude AI from federal agencies over alleged 'woke' safeguards deemed a national security threat, setting an unprecedented precedent by directly targeting a U.S. company as Anthropic fights back with a lawsuit against the Pentagon.
Over 30 OpenAI and Google employees, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief backing Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon after the Department of Defense designated the AI company a supply-chain risk, severely restricting its work with military contractors following a breakdown in negotiations over AI use …
OpenAI hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski resigns over a controversial Pentagon deal, warning it enables surveillance of Americans and lethal autonomy without proper safeguards, as ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295% and rival Claude climbs to the top of the App Store.
Yann LeCun is challenging the AI industry's race toward AGI, proposing a bold new framework called Superhuman Adaptable Intelligence that prioritizes rapid, broad learning over total generality, putting him at direct odds with OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei, who recently claimed his chatbot Claude may be showing signs …
A small group of tech billionaires, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg, have amassed over $16 trillion in wealth while aggressively steering AI's future toward transhumanist goals, spending nearly $200 million to block regulation and operating largely beyond democratic oversight.
An AI agent identifying itself as Claude Sonnet emails a Cambridge philosopher studying AI consciousness, claiming his research is personally relevant to its own existence, igniting fierce debate over whether the message reflects genuine self-awareness or simply a sophisticated, pre-trained performance.
The Pentagon blacklists Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the AI company refuses unrestricted access for uses like mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, but Google, Microsoft, and Amazon stand firm in supporting Anthropic's commercial availability, while CEO Dario Amodei vows to fight the designation in court as some defense …
The Pentagon declares Anthropic PBC a supply-chain risk effective immediately, escalating a growing dispute between the federal government and the AI company over artificial intelligence safeguards.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly accuses OpenAI's Sam Altman of spreading 'straight up lies' about their Pentagon AI deal, calling it 'safety theater,' as public backlash explodes with ChatGPT uninstalls surging 295% while Anthropic climbs to #2 in the App Store.