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>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

12h ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

The trap Anthropic built for itself

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.

Yesterday
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Anthropic's Claude hits No. 1 on Apple's top free apps list after Pentagon rejection

Claude has surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT as the top free app in the U.S. on Apple's rankings.

Yesterday
>_Ars Technica
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Ars Technica

Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government

The Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.

Yesterday
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.

Yesterday
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Pentagon-Anthropic AI standoff is real-time testing balance of power in future of warfare

The Pentagon clash with Anthropic and Friday's severe response from Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth highlights a growing war over who controls military AI.

Yesterday
>_The Hacker News
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The Hacker News

Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute

Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows mon...

Yesterday
>_CNBC
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CNBC

OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by Trump

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X that his company has come to terms with the Defense Department for use of its models.

Yesterday
>_Wired
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Wired

Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.

Yesterday
>_The Verge
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The Verge

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

US President Donald Trump (R) looks on as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela | AFP via Getty Images Nearly two hours after President...

2d ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.

2d ago
>_Wired
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Wired

Trump Moves to Ban Anthropic From the US Government

President Donald Trump’s sudden order comes after the Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.

2d ago
>_The Verge
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The Verge

Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI

On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CE...

2d ago
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Sam Altman aims to 'help de-escalate' tensions with Pentagon as OpenAI employees voice support for Anthropic

Altman said OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines when it comes to use of its models, according to a memo he shared with employees.

2d ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for militar...

2d ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Who’s really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores 

The Pentagon is playing chicken with Anthropic over who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities across the country are blocking data center construction. As the AI debate has been f...

2d ago
>_The Verge
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The Verge

AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) speaks during a meeting of the Cabinet as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) listen in t...

2d ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.

2d ago
>_The Verge
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The Verge

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

It's the day of the Pentagon's looming ultimatum for Anthropic: allow the US military unchecked access to its technology, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons, or potent...

2d ago
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Anthropic faces lose-lose scenario in Pentagon conflict as deadline for policy change looms

Anthropic has just hours to decide whether it will accede to the Defense Department's demands that it be able to use the company's AI models how it sees fit.

2d ago
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Netflix drops its WBD bid, Block layoffs, Anthropic's DOD deadline and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

2d ago
>_CNBC
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CNBC

Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats 'do not change our position' on AI

Anthropic said its negotiations with the DOD are still ongoing.

2d ago
>_The Verge
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The Verge

Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI. It's the culmination of a d...

3d ago
>_Wired
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Wired

‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union

Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Plus: All you need to know about TAT-8 and undersea cables.

3d ago
>_TechCrunch
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TechCrunch

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems.

3d ago
>_The Hacker News
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The Hacker News

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Kali Linux + Claude, Chrome Crash Traps, WinRAR Flaws, LockBit & 15+ Stories

Nothing here looks dramatic at first glance. That’s the point. Many of this week’s threats begin with something ordinary, like an ad, a meeting invite, or a software update. Behind the scenes, the tac...

3d ago
>_The Hacker News
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The Hacker News

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execut...

4d ago
>_Ars Technica
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Ars Technica

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.

4d ago
>_The Hacker News
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The Hacker News

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model

Anthropic on Monday said it identified "industrial-scale campaigns" mounted by three artificial intelligence (AI) companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax, to illegally extract Claude's capabilit...

5d ago
>_The Hacker News
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The Hacker News

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a user's software codebase for vulnerabilities and suggest patches. The capabi...

Feb 21
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B fundi...

Jan 22
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code, Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the...

Jan 19
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs, needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,...

Jan 16
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powe...

Jan 13
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team bui...

Jan 12
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several la...

Jan 7
>_VentureBeat
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VentureBeat

The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow, and developers are losing their minds

When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes. For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X f...

Jan 5
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