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.
A sweeping coalition of tech, political, and cultural leaders — including Yoshua Bengio, Steve Bannon, and Sir Richard Branson — launches the 'Pro-Human AI Declaration,' demanding human control over AI, accountability from AI companies, and protections against power monopolies as fears grow that AI is outpacing critical safety measures.
Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI sign the White House 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge,' committing to fund their own electricity generation and grid upgrades to prevent AI datacenter expansion from driving up energy bills for American households and small businesses, though experts warn Trump's fossil fuel energy focus could …
Iranian cyberattacks targeting U.S. banks and critical infrastructure are surging following Middle East military strikes, as CISA operates severely weakened after losing a third of its staff amid leadership chaos and a partial government shutdown, leaving America dangerously vulnerable at a critical moment.
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.
MIT Technology Review spotlights AI, crime, and energy storage breakthroughs as the Pentagon pressures Anthropic to grant full military access to its Claude AI model, threatening to cut ties if refused, while sodium-ion batteries emerge as a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Anthropic's Claude.ai and Claude Code are down for thousands of users Monday morning due to login issues, as a fix is underway — the outage striking at a particularly turbulent moment with Claude topping App Store charts above ChatGPT amid Pentagon contract controversy and Trump ordering federal agencies to halt …
Anthropic faces an existential crisis as a collapsed Pentagon deal over autonomous weapons disputes triggers a federal ban on its technology, puts $60 billion in venture capital at risk, and sees rival OpenAI swoop in to sign the rejected agreement.
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.