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Leading the Future, a pro&AI PAC backed by Palantir&cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro&regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

Leading the Future, a pro&AI PAC backed by Palantir&cof...

Nancy Scola / Politico: Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofo...

Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robotics, resigns over concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons after OpenAI's DOD contract (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)

Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robot...

Sharon Goldman / Fortune: Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of hardware and robo...

Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare and raises doubts over the Gulf as a global AI hub (Daniel Boffey/The Guardian)

Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE and Ba...

Daniel Boffey / The Guardian: Iran targeting commercial datacenters in the UAE a...

A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should grow (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour ...

Bobby Allyn / NPR: A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Po...

Sources: online DTC luxury brand Quince is in talks to ...

The Information: Sources: online DTC luxury brand Quince is in talks to raise fu...

China's smartphone market is seeing one of its widest price hikes as memory chip crunch deepens; Meizu announces it will suspend developing new mobile hardware (Nikkei Asia)

China's smartphone market is seeing one of its widest p...

Nikkei Asia: China's smartphone market is seeing one of its widest price hikes a...

OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolved from its research project Aardvark to automate vulnerability discovery, validation, and remediation (Sam Sabin/Axios)

OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolv...

Sam Sabin / Axios: OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolved fro...

Google joins Microsoft in saying it will keep working with Anthropic on non&defense projects after the DOD designated the startup a supply chain risk (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

Google joins Microsoft in saying it will keep working w...

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Google joins Microsoft in saying it will keep working wit...

Marvell stock jumps 20%+ after the chip company reported Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to $2.2B and issued strong guidance citing growing AI demand (Lola Murti/CNBC)

Marvell stock jumps 20%+ after the chip company reporte...

Lola Murti / CNBC: Marvell stock jumps 20%+ after the chip company reported Q4 r...

Sources: the UK plans to delay copyright rule changes for AI training after a two&month consultation failed to land on a favored proposal among stakeholders (Financial Times)

Sources: the UK plans to delay copyright rule changes f...

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to delay copyright rule changes for AI tr...

An interview with Tim Sweeney on the Google/Epic settlement, what Play Store changes mean for developers, why Epic's case against Apple is different, and more (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)

An interview with Tim Sweeney on the Google/Epic settle...

Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: An interview with Tim Sweeney on the Google/Epic set...

Cursor launches Automations, a new tool that lets users automatically launch agents triggered through new additions to a codebase, a Slack message, or a timer (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)

Cursor launches Automations, a new tool that lets users...

Russell Brandom / TechCrunch: Cursor launches Automations, a new tool that lets ...

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16&person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16&person company founded...

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded...

Sage, whose AI tools scan for distress and alert caregivers in nursing homes, raised a $65M Series C, bringing its total funding to $124M (Reuters)

Sage, whose AI tools scan for distress and alert caregi...

Reuters: Sage, whose AI tools scan for distress and alert caregivers in nursing ...

Sam Altman takes subtle swipes at Anthropic, saying "government is supposed to be more powerful than private companies" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Sam Altman takes subtle swipes at Anthropic, saying "go...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Sam Altman takes subtle swipes at Anthropic, saying “gover...

A New York bill would ban chatbots from impersonating licensed professionals like doctors and lawyers and giving "substantive response, information, or advice" (Keely Quinlan/StateScoop)

A New York bill would ban chatbots from impersonating l...

Keely Quinlan / StateScoop: A New York bill would ban chatbots from impersonatin...

Study: ChatGPT Health underestimated the severity of medical emergencies 51.6% of the time and overestimated the severity in nonurgent cases 64.8% of the time (Kaan Ozcan/NBC News)

Study: ChatGPT Health underestimated the severity of me...

Kaan Ozcan / NBC News: Study: ChatGPT Health underestimated the severity of medi...

Deveillance's upcoming anti&surveillance device, Spectre I, went viral after its founder said it blocks nearby listening devices with AI, but some are skeptical (Lindsey Weedston/The Daily Dot)

Deveillance's upcoming anti&surveillance device, Spectr...

Lindsey Weedston / The Daily Dot: Deveillance's upcoming anti-surveillance devic...

Apple's MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro that launched in the iPhone 16 lineup, alongside 8GB of RAM and a headphone jack; Apple discontinued the 12" MacBook in 2019 (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)

Apple's MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro that launched in th...

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: Apple's MacBook Neo uses an A18 Pro that launched ...

Apple says the MacBook Neo is $599 with 256GB of storage and $699 with Touch ID and 512GB of storage, both available in citrus, silver, indigo, and blush colors (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple says the MacBook Neo is $599 with 256GB of storag...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple says the MacBook Neo is $599 with 256GB of storag...

MacBook Neo hands&on: a new product category for Apple, and it doesn't look budget with a vibrant display and aluminum body, but the keyboard is a bit flimsy (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)

MacBook Neo hands&on: a new product category for Apple,...

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: MacBook Neo hands-on: a new product category for A...

KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR, raised $27.4M led by HealthX Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $55M (Jessica Hagen/MobiHealthNews)

KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Epic EHR,...

Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: KeyCare, a virtual care platform built on the Ep...

Self&driving software startup Oxa raised a $103M Series D, with $50M coming from the UK government's National Wealth Fund; Nvidia's NVentures also invested (Tom Nugent/Sifted)

Self&driving software startup Oxa raised a $103M Series...

Tom Nugent / Sifted: Self-driving software startup Oxa raised a $103M Series D, ...

Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPhones via malicious websites; iVerify suggests it may have been originally built for the US government (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iP...

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Google details Coruna, an exploit kit used to hijack iPh...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions against Anthropic have serious legal issues, and its designation exceeds what the statute authorizes (Lawfare)

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions...

Lawfare: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions against Anthrop...

A UK trial by the National Grid, Nvidia, and others finds AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, adjusting consumption when asked (Eamon Farhat/Bloomberg)

A UK trial by the National Grid, Nvidia, and others fin...

Eamon Farhat / Bloomberg: A UK trial by the National Grid, Nvidia, and others fi...

Elliott injects $1B into Pinterest to fund stock buybacks, buying convertible senior notes with an initial conversion price of $22.72 per share, a 30% premium (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)

Elliott injects $1B into Pinterest to fund stock buybac...

Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal: Elliott injects $1B into Pinterest to ...

MongoDB reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $695.1M, vs. $670M est., and forecasts Q1 adjusted earnings per share below estimates; MDB drops 22%+ after hours (Angela Palumbo/Barron's Online)

MongoDB reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $695.1M, vs. $...

Angela Palumbo / Barron's Online: MongoDB reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $695....

Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic submitted a bid to compete in a $100M DOD contest to develop voice&controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic subm...

Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic s...

Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at a valuation of up to $13.4B in its US IPO, selling nearly 55M shares priced between $17 and $20 apiece (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)

Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at a val...

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at...

Q&A with Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor on modernizing the platform, attracting new creators, managing a fully remote, four&day&per&week workplace, and more (Jordyn Holman/New York Times)

Q&A with Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor on moderni...

Jordyn Holman / New York Times: Q&A with Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor on mode...

Chinese military procurement documents show the PLA's efforts to use AI to assist in drone piloting, cyberattacks, decision&making, and disinformation campaigns (Foreign Affairs)

Chinese military procurement documents show the PLA's e...

Foreign Affairs: Chinese military procurement documents show the PLA's efforts t...

Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC for smartwatches, offering a Hexagon NPU that it says can run on&device AI models with up to 2B parameters (Matt Swider/The Shortcut)

Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC for ...

Matt Swider / The Shortcut: Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC f...

Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against app stores and search engines if AI services operating in Australia don't verify user ages by March 9 (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action again...

Byron Kaye / Reuters: Australia's eSafety Commissioner threatens action against ...

Israel&based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Israel&based Guidde, which is developing a platform to ...

Meir Orbach / CTech: Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to acce...

Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic and DOD, and how officials at agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement (New York Times)

Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Ant...

New York Times: Sources describe in detail the failed talks between Anthropic an...

Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks (Financial Times)

Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on n...

Financial Times: Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles...

Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white&collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)

Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI...

Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees,...

Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, collecting a $2.8B termination fee and driving up the price and debt load of the Paramount&WBD merger (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

Netflix actually won by walking away from the WBD bid, ...

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: Netflix actually won by walking away from t...

Xiaomi launches the €15 Xiaomi tag, an AirTag&like device that works with both Apple Find My and Android Find Hub, and the €300 Xiaomi Watch 5, in Europe (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Xiaomi launches the €15 Xiaomi tag, an AirTag&like devi...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Xiaomi launches the €15 Xiaomi tag, an AirTag-like devi...

China faces a dilemma as it looks to balance productivity gains from AI with labor displacement risks due to automation, which could trigger an economic spiral (Bloomberg)

China faces a dilemma as it looks to balance productivi...

Bloomberg: China faces a dilemma as it looks to balance productivity gains from ...

Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra, and the €1,999 Leica&branded Leitzphone, all featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, in Europe (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra...

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 U...

Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to deploy its models in DOD's classified network and asks DOD to extend those terms to all AI companies (Sam Altman/@sama)

Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DO...

Sam Altman / @sama: Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to ...

Source: India issued a blocking order on February 24 to restrict access to developer database service Supabase; the government did not publicly cite a reason (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Source: India issued a blocking order on February 24 to...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Source: India issued a blocking order on February 24...

Sources: Nvidia plans to unveil a new AI inference chip at its GTC conference in March; the system will have a Groq&designed chip and OpenAI is a customer (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Nvidia plans to unveil a new AI inference chip...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Nvidia plans to unveil a new AI inference chip at ...

OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900M+ weekly active users, 50M+ consumer subscribers, and weekly Codex users have more than tripled since the start of the year to 1.6M (OpenAI)

OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900M+ weekly active users, 50M+...

OpenAI: OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900M+ weekly active users, 50M+ consumer subscri...

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines with respect to AI use by the military, which are "an issue for the whole industry" (Axios)

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines wit...

Axios: Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines with respect to AI us...

Sources: multiple federal agencies raised concerns about Grok's safety and reliability in recent months, before DOD approved Grok for use in classified settings (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: multiple federal agencies raised concerns abou...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: multiple federal agencies raised concerns about Gr...

Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, left the startup and have been working at Meta for a few weeks (Business Insider)

Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's foundin...

Business Insider: Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team,...

Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot "in good conscience" accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded (Anthropic)

Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot "in good conscience"...

Anthropic: Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD...

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