A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
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A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic
Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …
Interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael on his view that Anthropic leaked negotiations to the press to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei, and more
what if this software went down? Some guardrail kicked up? Some refusal happened for the next fight like this one and we left our people at risk?” “I went to @SecWar @PeteHegseth and told him what ...
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …
An interview with Pentagon AI head Emil Michael about Anthropic leaking to the media to win anti-Trump users, dealing with Amodei and his “politburo”, and more
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A look at a local group's lawsuit against Micron over its $100B New York manufacturing complex, alleging a rushed permitting process and environmental review
Governor Gavin Newsom says he has been negotiating for four months to neutralize California's wealth tax ballot proposal; a compromise does not appear imminent
Governor Gavin Newsom says he has been negotiating for four months to neutralize California's wealth tax ballot proposal; a compromise does not appear imminent
A compromise does not appear imminent. A union official cast doubt on the possibility of a deal, saying the two sides …
A late-November 2025 amendment to California's wealth tax proposal treats founder control as ownership, which could end founder-controlled startups in the state
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on joining US Detachment 201, the US Army's tech challenges, the “vibe shift” in Silicon Valley's military relations, and more
Shares How People At Facebook-Parent Reacted X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : .@boztank to @PirateWires: “The degree to which people have been comfortable publicly supporting the military has changed ...
A look at the UK's planned Digital Markets Unit, which will regulate US tech companies under the DMCC, passed in May 2024, and have the power to halt any M&A
and What Trump Must Do About It James Morales / CCN.com : UK Competition Watchdog Vows no ‘Blanket Rules’ for Big Tech Regulation X: Casey Handmer, PhD / @cjhandmer : Hard to believe that any serious ...
Sources and screenshots: Kalshi paid influencers to imply that Polymarket and its CEO Shayne Coplan engaged in illegal activity, after FBI's raid on Coplan
Pirate Wires : X: @autismcapital , @austen , @ntmoney , @iterintellectus , @tszzl , @brandongorrell , @micsolana , and @frans__arthur X: @autismcapital : 🚨 The entire Polymarket piece is available fo...
SpaceX says it's complying with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block Starlink access to X in Brazil, after the country froze some of its assets
Lula just introduced him to hammerhead sharks. — Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... Bluesky: Clemens Vasters / @clem...
A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users, while X had an estimated 22M users
The platform formerly known as Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media, fueling nationwide protests in 2013 and propelling Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Forums: Hacker News , r/Twitter , and...
X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”
In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Business Insider : Elon...
Q&A with Jack Dorsey on his exit from Bluesky to focus on Nostr, Bluesky “repeating all the mistakes we made” at Twitter, Musk's takeover, censorship, and more
jack dorsey on his exit from bluesky, how twitter lost its way, jack's strategy for ending censorship forever …
Sources: ByteDance, which was directly involved in countering US efforts to ban TikTok in 2020, has let the US TikTok team lead the response this time around
While several countries have restricted TikTok, the Chinese app continues to assert its dominance Greensburg Tribune-Review : Pa., other states are seeking to restrict TikTok. That doesn't mean their ...
Sources: ByteDance, which was directly involved in countering US efforts to ban TikTok in 2020, has let the US TikTok team lead the response this time around
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Changing its policy, X bans posting the real names of people behind anonymous accounts, after suspending accounts that unmasked a suspected neo-Nazi cartoonist
https://www.nbcnews.com/... Steve Thompson / @SteveThompson@mastodon.social : “Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity” — https://www.wired.com/... ...
Meta's Threads had the perfect launch thanks to a TikTok-like feed where the follower graph doesn't matter, easy Instagram-Threads cross-posting tools, and more
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