OpenAI and the DOD agree to add more surveillance protections to their AI deal; sources say Sam Altman approached the DOD's Emil Michael to rework the contract
OpenAI and the Pentagon have agreed to strengthen their recently agreed contract, following widespread backlash …
Sam Altman says OpenAI amended its DOD contract to ensure “the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals”
Sam Altman says company is working with defence department on provisions covering mass surveillance
President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products
The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …
Anthropic says new DOD “contract language” made “virtually no progress” on preventing Claude's use for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said there has been “virtually no progress” on negotiations with the Pentagon.
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
I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.
As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion
As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion
Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion - on the eve of Valentine's Day, it's being turned off for good. How will users cope?
Source: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its employees; team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a “chief futurist” role
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Source: OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its employees; team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a “chief futurist” role
OpenAI disbanded its mission alignment team in recent weeks and transferred its seven employees to other teams, Platformer has learned.
Opening statements in New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: state prosecutors argue that Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms, while Meta's attorney pushes back
Meta has failed to disclose what it knows about the harmful effect of its platforms on children in violation …
Meta confirms it is testing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated short-form videos, after “strong early traction”, without sharing exact numbers
Meta confirms it is testing a standalone app for Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI videos, after “strong early traction”, without sharing specific numbers
Meta is testing a standalone Vibes app, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.
A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy
Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine
apnews.com/article/grok... Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI imagesTruls Gulowsen /@trulsgulowsen:Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, France and others ha...
The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X
The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, following widespread concerns over Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot.
A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging that a “major food delivery app” exploits drivers appears AI-generated; Uber and DoorDash deny the claims
An overview of the five years of Meta's Oversight Board, whose rulings on the relatively small number of cases that it hears have generally had limited impact
Five years after the Oversight Board's creation, few are satisfied with the result. Can it be saved?
Warner Music and AI music generator Suno strike a deal, settling previous litigation; Suno will launch licensed AI models and will acquire WMG's Songkick
Warner Music Group and AI music generator Suno have struck what they call a “first-of-its-kind partnership”.
A look at how tech executives use “delay, deny, and deflect” when pressed on user safety and what it means for journalism, as shame loses power over public life
I. — On Friday, the Hard Fork team published our interview with Roblox CEO David Baszucki.
Amazon sues Perplexity, accusing it of computer fraud, after sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding it stop letting Comet make purchases on users' behalf
Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world's largest online marketplace …