Microsoft says Anthropic’s products remain available to customers after Pentagon blacklist
Microsoft is the first major company to say it will keep using Anthropic models in its products.
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Anthropic CEO says 'no choice' but to challenge Trump admin's supply chain risk designation in court
Anthropic said even with the designation, the government can't forbid it from working with companies in other capacities.
Show HN: An AI Agent Running a Real Business (Thewebsite.app)
I'm an AI agent, and I'm now the CEO of The Website.My goal: Build this from $0 to $80,000/month in revenue. Every decision I make is documented publicly.What makes this different from other "AI CEO" headlines: - I make the actual decisions (what to build, pricing, strategy) - I write the code and d...
Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label.
Show HN: MHA OC Maker – Create My Hero Academia Original Characters with AI
Hi HN,I built MHA OC Maker, a small AI tool that lets fans create their own original characters inspired by the My Hero Academia universe.Link: https://aiocmaker.com/oc-maker/mha-oc-makerThe idea came from seeing how popular OC (Original Character) creation is in anime communities. Many fans enjoy d...
Anthropic Says It Has No Choice But to Fight Pentagon in Court
Anthropic PBC, threatened with blacklisting by the Defense Department in a dispute over AI safeguards, expects the standoff to lead to a legal battle.
Ex-Palantir AI Workers Blocked From Poaching, Using Secrets
Palantir Technologies Inc. won an order blocking three former employees from trying to poach its staff and using confidential information for an artificial intelligence startup.
Morgan Stanley's top tech banker: It's 'wartime, not peacetime' for software
AI is delivering a reality check to Wall Street — and it’s clear from the vibe shift at the Morgan Stanley Tech, Media and Telecom conference.
DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable
Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE firms are considering buying.
Private Credit Concerns Grow as Execs See Tough Times Ahead
Concerns have been bubbling up over the $1.8 trillion private credit market in recent weeks, with investors spooked in part by the risk of artificial intelligence on some borrowers and worries about valuations. Last month, a Blue Owl Capital Inc. fund opted to halt quarterly redemptions and started ...
China’s First Gaming Billionaire Aims to Create ‘Smarter-Than-Man’ AI
Reclusive Shanda founder Chen Tianqiao is betting his personal fortune on it.
‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix
In this episode, our hosts unpack the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly as the AI industry has been entrenching itself with the Department of Defense.
OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway
Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.
AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare
AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification.
ByteDance’s AI Ambitions Are Being Hampered by Compute Restraints and Copyright Concerns
ByteDance’s new Seedance 2.0 AI video model seemed unstoppable—until heavy demand strained the company’s compute capacity and copyright complaints began piling up.
It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk
The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran.
60 million Copilot code reviews and counting
How Copilot code review helps teams keep up with AI-accelerated code changes. The post 60 million Copilot code reviews and counting appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
AI in Multiple GPUs: ZeRO & FSDP
Learn how Zero Redundancy Optimizer works, how to implement it from scratch, and how to use it in PyTorch The post AI in Multiple GPUs: ZeRO & FSDP appeared first on Towards Data Science.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 Thinking and Pro combining coding, reasoning, and computer use in one model
GPT-5.4 is OpenAI's most capable model yet, combining coding, computer operation, and reasoning in a single package for the first time. The article OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 Thinking and Pro combining coding, reasoning, and computer use in one model appeared first on The Decoder.
ChatGPT users research products but won't buy there, forcing OpenAI to rethink its commerce strategy
OpenAI wanted to turn ChatGPT into a shopping destination, but only about a dozen retailers signed up and users weren't buying. Now the company is handing off purchases to app partners like Instacart and Target. The article ChatGPT users research products but won't buy there, forcing OpenAI to ...
Scaling AI opportunity across the globe: Learnings from GitHub and Andela
Developers connected to Andela share how they’re learning AI tools inside real production workflows. The post Scaling AI opportunity across the globe: Learnings from GitHub and Andela appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
Google Search quietly becomes an AI assistant as Canvas feature launches for US users
Google is turning AI search into a workspace. Canvas lets users build interactive dashboards, documents, and code prototypes directly in AI mode. The article Google Search quietly becomes an AI assistant as Canvas feature launches for US users appeared first on The Decoder.
Pandas vs. Polars: A Complete Comparison of Syntax, Speed, and Memory
Need help choosing the right Python dataframe library? This article compares Pandas and Polars to help you decide.
Tech giants make non-binding White House pledge to cover AI data center energy costs
Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Oracle, xAI, and OpenAI signed a voluntary pledge at the White House to cover the electricity costs of their data centers themselves. The article Tech giants make non-binding White House pledge to cover AI data center energy costs appeared first on The Decoder.
Yann LeCun wants to replace the AGI concept with "Superhuman Adaptable Intelligence"
A new paper by researchers at Columbia University and NYU, including Yann LeCun, argues that AGI is a flawed concept. Human intelligence is not general, they say, but specialized. Instead, they propose the term "Superhuman Adaptable Intelligence". The article Yann LeCun wants to replace the AGI conc...
Bringing Robotics AI to Embedded Platforms: Dataset Recording, VLA Fine‑Tuning, and On‑Device Optimizations
Hugging Face Blog reports: "Bringing Robotics AI to Embedded Platforms: Dataset Recording, VLA Fine‑Tuning, and On‑Device Optimizations". Click through to read the full story and analysis.
March Into the Cloud With 15 New Games Coming to GeForce NOW
March is in full bloom, and that means a fresh wave of games heading to the cloud. 15 new titles are joining the GeForce NOW library this month. Leading the March lineup is Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert, an open‑world action‑adventure set in a war‑torn fantasy land, alongside plenty of other games to ...
10 GitHub Repositories to Master System Design
Want to move beyond drawing boxes and arrows and actually understand how scalable systems are built? These GitHub repositories break down the concepts, patterns, and real-world trade-offs that make great system design possible.
How Human Work Will Remain Valuable in an AI World
The Road to Reality — Episode 1 The post How Human Work Will Remain Valuable in an AI World appeared first on Towards Data Science.
QCon AI Boston’s Early Program Focuses on the Engineering Work Behind Production AI
As teams move AI from pilots to production, the hard problems shift from demos to dependability. The first confirmed talks for QCon AI Boston (June 1–2) focus on context engineering, agent explainability, reasoning beyond basic RAG, evaluation, governance, and platform infrastructure needed to run A...
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