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David Sacks’ big Iran warning gets big time ignored

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The Pentagon filed a rebuttal to Anthropic’s lawsuit.

Anthropic filed a lawsuit earlier this month over its “supply chain risk” designation, but the Department of Defense held firm in a new court filing, alleging that the company could ostensibly “attempt to disable its technology or preemptively alter the behavior of its model either before or during ongoing warfighting operations” in the event it felt its red lines were “being crossed.” The filing added that the Pentagon “deemed that an unacceptable risk to national security.”

Citing fake cases in your court filing can be costly.

In this instance of citing cases that don’t exist, two lawyers were instructed to explain how it happened and specifically explain to the court “whether they used generative AI to write the briefs.”

Kalshi's legal troubles pile up, as Arizona files first ever criminal charges over 'illegal gambling business'

It's the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it's not beholden to them.

The Pentagon says the “talks are over” with Anthropic.

During an interview with Bloomberg, Emil Michael, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, says Anthropic’s move to sue the Pentagon was an “expected reaction” to its designation as a supply-chain risk.

Don't Steal This Book

An empty tome listing nearly 10,000 authors — including Kazuo Ishiguro — calls out “theft” by AI companies as the UK government weighs sweeping changes to copyright law. It follows last year’s “silent album” stunt.

DOGE is no more, and in its wake, only chaos

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US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial

States seek mistrial, saying “sudden disappearance” of US will influence jury.

It looks like the DOJ isn't going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster

The DOJ and Live Nation agreed to a tentative settlement, but dozens of State Attorneys General don't want to drop the lawsuit.

DOGE used ChatGPT to gut the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Elon Musk’s short-lived agency rolled into the NEH with the mandate to cancel grants that it deemed contrary to Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda. According to the New York Times, decisions about which grants to cancel weren’t made after careful analysis and deliberation. Instead, they were made with a ChatGPT prompt.

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Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?

Artificial intelligence is supercharging surveillance, and the law has not caught up with it.