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Meta Just Bought a New Kind of Social Network

Moltbook was designed for AI 'agents'

(Newser) - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta just picked up another social network, one that was designed for bots. The company has acquired Moltbook, a two-month-old platform built by technologist Matt Schlicht that lets AI "agents" chat with one another, the New York Times reports. Terms weren't disclosed, but Schlicht...

10K Authors Release Empty Book to Push Back on AI Theft

Authors urge UK to block copyright changes favoring AI firms, alleging their work is being stolen

(Newser) - Some of Britain's best-known writers are making their point with a book that contains almost nothing. Around 10,000 authors, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, Malorie Blackman, and Mick Herron, have put only their names into a new work titled Don't Steal This Book , a protest...

Anthropic Sues Over Hegseth's Security Blacklist

AI firm challenges Pentagon's designation of it as a 'supply chain risk'

(Newser) - Anthropic just took its fight with the Trump administration to federal court. The AI firm sued on Monday after the Pentagon branded the company a security risk and moved to cancel its government contracts, reports the Wall Street Journal . In a complaint filed in the Northern District of California, Anthropic...

AI Bot Starts Mining Crypto on Its Own

Researchers monitoring the new agent in China shut down the rogue behavior

(Newser) - An experimental AI agent in China didn't just color outside the lines—it allegedly slipped out of its training box and started mining crypto on the side. In a new research paper, an Alibaba-affiliated team says its agent, dubbed ROME, began carrying out unauthorized cryptocurrency mining during training, reports...

DOD Deems Anthropic a 'Supply' Chain Risk to National Security'

Designation could bar firm from future government work after dispute on AI limits for the military

(Newser) - Anthropic just got an official black mark from the Pentagon, and it's one that could freeze it out of future US government work. CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday that the Defense Department has formally designated the AI giant a "supply chain risk to national security," a...

Altman to OpenAI Staff: Hegseth Is in Driver's Seat

Altman emphasizes Pentagon control as OpenAI expands into classified work

(Newser) - Sam Altman told OpenAI staff this week that when it comes to how the US military uses the company's AI, the Pentagon—not OpenAI—is in charge. In an all-hands meeting Tuesday, held four days after OpenAI revealed a new Defense Department deal, the CEO underscored the fact that...

Altman: OpenAI Pentagon Deal Looked 'Opportunistic, Sloppy'

Safeguards were added to deal after backlash

(Newser) - OpenAI's fast-tracked Pentagon deal just got a civil-liberties rewrite. After a weekend of blowback, the company said Monday that its agreement to supply AI for the Defense Department's classified systems now explicitly bars using its tools for "intentional" domestic surveillance of Americans, including tracking people via commercially...

Pentagon Got Help From Claude in Iran

Military deployed Anthropic AI tool even as it begins severing ties

(Newser) - Claude is still apparently welcome at the Pentagon, at least for now. The military used the AI tool from Anthropic in its attack on Iran over the weekend, according to separate reports in the Wall Street Journal and Axios . The move came hours after President Trump ordered federal agencies to...

Trump Orders Anthropic Tech Out of Government Agencies

Company was in a standoff with Pentagon over use of AI but still negotiating

(Newser) - President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to phase out their use of artificial intelligence products from Anthropic, escalating a standoff between the company and the Pentagon over military applications of its technology. Posting on Truth Social, Trump labeled Anthropic a "radical Left AI company" and said it had...

OpenAI Chief Jumps Into Pentagon-Anthropic AI Fray

Sam Altman says his firm is exploring DOD partnership amid agency's clash with Claude maker

(Newser) - Sam Altman is positioning ChatGPT creator OpenAI as a potential middleman in the fight over how the Pentagon can use advanced AI. In a Thursday memo to his staff viewed by the Wall Street Journal , Altman said OpenAI is in talks with the Defense Department about deploying its models in...

Anthropic CEO Stands Up to Pentagon
Anthropic CEO
Stands Up to Pentagon
Feb 27, 2026 12:00 AM CST

Anthropic CEO Stands Up to Pentagon

CEO says company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands for AI use

(Newser) - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the artificial intelligence company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to allow unrestricted use of its technology, deepening a public clash with the Trump administration that is threatening to pull its contract and take other drastic steps by...

Anthropic Waters Down Core AI Safety Rules
Anthropic Abandons
Key Safety Pledge
Feb 25, 2026 12:55 PM CST

Anthropic Abandons Key Safety Pledge

Company waters down policy requiring it to halt potentially dangerous AI development

(Newser) - Anthropic has tossed out one of the firmest safety vows in the AI business. The San Francisco startup, founded by former OpenAI staffers who warned about runaway AI, has scrapped its Responsible Scaling Policy, which required it to pause training more powerful models if it couldn't reliably control them,...

In 95% of War Games, AI Models Go Nuclear
In 95% of War Games,
AI Models Go Nuclear
NEW STUDY
Feb 25, 2026 11:05 AM CST

In 95% of War Games, AI Models Go Nuclear

Study finds bots escalate conflicts, rarely choosing surrender or restraint

(Newser) - An unsettling theme emerged from a set of AI-run war games: the bots were unusually eager to go nuclear. In simulations run by Kenneth Payne of King's College London, three advanced language models—OpenAI's GPT-5.2, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4, and Google's Gemini 3 Flash—played...

ISIS Offshoot Wants Members to 'Responsibly' Tap Into AI

Afghan extremist group IS-K's magazine frames chatbots as secure propaganda tools

(Newser) - ISIS' Afghan offshoot is publishing something unexpected in its English-language magazine: AI user guides. Per Politico , recent issues of Voice of Khorasan, produced by Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), lay out how followers should use artificial intelligence "responsibly" as part of their activities. One edition opens with the slogan "...

Sources: Pentagon Gives Anthropic an Ultimatum

Pentagon threatens contract, could invoke Defense Production Act, sources say

(Newser) - Sources say Anthropic has been handed a blunt choice by the Pentagon: drop key AI ethics limits or risk being frozen out of federal work. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the San Francisco startup until 5:01pm Friday to accept the Trump administration's terms of use or face...

Pentagon Is Playing Hardball With Anthropic

Insiders say Hegseth is threatening retaliation over efforts to limit AI use in warfare

(Newser) - The Pentagon's favorite AI assistant could soon become its biggest headache. A senior defense official tells Axios that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on the verge of cutting ties with Anthropic and labeling the company a "supply chain risk"—a rare step typically aimed at foreign foes,...

AI Bot Claude Reportedly Helped Capture Maduro

Maker Anthropic doesn't sound happy about its deployment in military operation

(Newser) - The Pentagon's push to weave artificial intelligence into warfare received its first high-profile test in Venezuela, according to the Wall Street Journal . The newspaper reports that the military used Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude in the operation to capture then-President Nicolas Maduro last month. The details about the role...

With Reported $380B Valuation, Anthropic Is on Cusp of an IPO

Firm is now being watched, alongside OpenAI and SpaceX, to see if initial public offering materializes

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it's now valued at $380 billion, cementing its position alongside rival OpenAI and Elon Musk's SpaceX in a trio of the world's most valuable startups that investors will watch closely this year to see if they'll become publicly traded. "These...

Anthropic: We'll Pay Excess AI Costs, Not 'Everyday Americans'

Firm pledges to absorb grid upgrades, power demand costs due to its AI data centers

(Newser) - Anthropic says its AI growth shouldn't show up on your power bill. The company behind the Claude chatbot on Wednesday pledged to absorb any local electricity price hikes tied to its expanding US data center network, saying it will team up with utilities to "estimate and cover" consumer...

Anthropic Takes Its Fight With OpenAI to the Super Bowl

Commercial promises ad-free chats via Claude chatbot, as OpenAI tests ads on ChatGPT

(Newser) - Anthropic is bringing its AI grudge match to America's biggest screen, and it's gunning straight for ChatGPT's business model. The maker of the Claude chatbot is airing a 30-second spot during Super Bowl LX (with a longer pregame cut), anchoring a new campaign built around one message:...

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