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Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

The apparent issue: whether Claude can be used for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.

NPR's David Greene is suing Google over its AI podcast voice.

The former host of Morning Edition and current host of Left, Right & Center claims that Google illegally replicated his voice for its male podcast host in NotebookLM. Google denies this, but Greene (and many of his friends and colleagues) say the resemblance is “uncanny.” As the Washington Post reports:

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says India has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT worldwide.

Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

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Western Digital says it’s “pretty much sold out” for 2026.

Enterprise customers, especially AI data centers, have already gobbled up the company’s capacity for 2026. At this point, consumer sales account for just 5 percent of the company’s revenue, so it’s no surprise WD is prioritizing high-capacity drives for data centers. What’s more, they're also driving up prices. Tan told investors:

We asked experts why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs

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AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

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The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.

OpenSSF CTO on Building Trust in Open Source with AI

Christopher Robinson, OSSF CTO, explains how AI safeguards, collaboration and proactive security are strengthening trust in open source software

Jikipedia turns Epstein’s emails into an encyclopedia of his powerful friends

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NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test

“We observed materially lower leak rates compared to prior observations during WDR-1.”