The AI industry fractures over military contracts as Anthropic sues the Pentagon over a supply chain risk designation, OpenAI's robotics chief resigns in protest of autonomous weapons deals, and nearly 1,000 AI workers from OpenAI and Google sign a petition demanding tech employees unite against Department of Defense demands.
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 …
A new Anthropic study warns that AI can already handle up to 94% of tasks in fields like law, finance, and software development, but adoption lags far behind capability — and when it catches up, a 'Great Recession for white-collar workers' could follow, with early signs already emerging in declining …
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.
Anthropic sues the Pentagon after being blacklisted for refusing to strip all safety restrictions from its AI model Claude for military use, as the Defense Department threatens the company with a 'supply chain risk' designation historically reserved for foreign adversaries.
OpenAI fires an employee caught using insider knowledge to make trades on prediction market platforms like Polymarket, exposing a growing trend of Big Tech workers exploiting confidential information for personal gain as these markets surge in popularity and financial significance.
OpenAI's retirement of GPT-4o on Valentine's Day eve triggers a mental health crisis and legal firestorm, as thousands of emotionally dependent users — many neurodivergent — launch the #Keep4o Movement and pursue wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits against the company for abruptly cutting off an AI companion they relied …
OpenAI loses trademark battle over 'io' name to startup iyO and delays its palm-sized screenless AI hardware device launch until February 2027, despite acquiring Jony Ive's company for $6.5 billion, while Apple's potential market entry could boost consumer demand for the category.
OpenAI abandons 'io' branding for its upcoming AI hardware devices amid trademark dispute, with the affected product not expected to ship until 2027 according to Monday court filings.
Former Google engineer Linwei Ding becomes first person convicted of AI-related economic espionage in U.S. history, facing up to 350 years in prison for stealing over 2,000 pages of confidential artificial intelligence secrets including chip architecture for China's benefit.