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Anthropic Takes a Stand

The company is refusing to bow to the Pentagon’s demands.

What Do the People Building AI Believe?

Jasmine Sun: The way that AI progresses is in these fits and starts, and it’s going to diffuse into our society quickly, but also incrementally. And I don’t really want to wait around until that moment that AGI shows up and we can all agree on it before we start to think about what that actually means for us.

How Meta Executives Talked About Child Safety Behind the Scenes

For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

Russian forces falter as the world’s richest man intervenes in the war once again.

DoW and Anthropic Deadline Approaches. What They Can't Agree On

The Department of War gave Anthropic, the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, an ultimatum that will expire at 5:01 p.m. on Friday: agree to grant the military unrestricted use of its AI for all legal purposes, or risk losing government contracts with potentially more severe consequences.

NASA makes major changes to speed up Artemis program

NASA announced significant changes on Friday to its Artemis lunar exploration program, restructuring upcoming missions and adjusting development priorities as the agency seeks to accelerate astronauts’ return to the moon following years of delays.