Meta faces a lawsuit and international investigations over its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses after reports reveal overseas contractors in Kenya are reviewing users' intimate and explicit footage, directly contradicting the company's 'designed for privacy' marketing claims — and over seven million buyers have no way to opt out.
Researchers warn that AI large language models can now deanonymize pseudonymous social media users with up to 90% precision by browsing the web and analyzing free text, raising urgent concerns about government surveillance, corporate profiling, and targeted scams.
Anthropic is surging toward a $20 billion revenue run rate while simultaneously facing a dramatic clash with the Pentagon, which has declared the AI company a supply-chain risk after it sought restrictions on military use of its technology for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Claude AI skyrockets to No. 2 on the U.S. App Store after the Pentagon labels Anthropic a national security risk following the company's refusal to allow its models to be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, turning a government clash into a massive consumer surge.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refuses Pentagon demands to strip AI safeguards enabling mass civilian surveillance and autonomous weapons, triggering military retaliation including contract threats, a 'supply chain risk' label, and a competing deal with xAI's Grok as the standoff raises alarms over the future of government-Silicon Valley AI partnerships.
The Pentagon is threatening to terminate Anthropic's $200 million contract and invoke the Defense Production Act after the AI company refuses to remove safety guardrails blocking AI-controlled autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance of American citizens.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatens to invoke the Defense Production Act against Anthropic if CEO Dario Amodei does not grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to its Claude AI by Friday, as Anthropic refuses to allow its model to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, forcing the Pentagon to …
The Pentagon has deployed Elon Musk's Grok AI in classified military systems and is pressuring Anthropic to allow its Claude model for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, threatening to label the company a 'supply chain risk' if it refuses, while simultaneously fast-tracking deals with Google and OpenAI as potential replacements.
The Pentagon threatens to terminate Anthropic's defense contracts after CEO Dario Amodei refuses to lift AI safeguards, as the military demands unrestricted access to Claude for classified systems while Anthropic holds firm against enabling mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Pentagon threatens to blacklist Anthropic AI as a 'supply chain risk' over the company's refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude AI system, with Anthropic demanding restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons while the Defense Department seeks 'all lawful purposes' access to the only AI model currently …