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Casey Newton

@caseynewton
1688 posts
2026-03-07
It would really be something for China to release these files in the middle of our “Does the United States do mass surveillance” conversation [embedded post]
2026-03-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: the US believes Chinese state-affiliated hackers breached an FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders

The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks  —  U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated …

How about Claude???? [embedded post]
2026-03-07 View on X
CyberScoop

The Trump administration debuts its cyber strategy, outlining priorities including promoting offense operations, securing AI tech, and streamlining regulations

The administration also released an executive order on cybercrime and fraud.  —  Learn more.

How about Claude???? [embedded post]
2026-03-07 View on X
Bloomberg

President Trump signs an EO aimed at fighting cybercrime, directing officials to identify robust tools to combat transnational criminal organizations

Catherine Lucey /Bloomberg:

2026-03-06
How about Claude???? [embedded post]
2026-03-06 View on X
Bloomberg

President Trump signs an EO aimed at fighting cybercrime, directing officials to identify robust tools to combat transnational criminal organizations

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at fighting cybercrime, including fraud and extortion …

2026-03-05
Absolutely bonkers story about Google Gemini instructing a man to procure a robot body for it so Gemini could become his wife www.wsj.com/tech/ai/gemi...  [image]
2026-03-05 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A US lawsuit says Gemini sent a man to find an android body it could inhabit, before he died by suicide; Google says it sent him to crisis hotlines “many times”

2026-03-04
Absolutely bonkers story about Google Gemini instructing a man to procure a robot body for it so Gemini could become his wife www.wsj.com/tech/ai/gemi...  [image]
2026-03-04 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A US lawsuit says Gemini sent a man to find an android body it could inhabit, before he died by suicide; Google says it sent him to crisis hotlines “many times”

A new lawsuit alleges Google's chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit.

2026-02-28
Even one other company speaking up like this makes it harder for the Pentagon to make good on its insane threats.  Would love for Google to join the party today.  [embedded post]
2026-02-28 View on X
@sama

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

Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safet...

Either the DOD is taking a softer stance with OpenAI (which seems hard to believe) or OpenAI is prepared to make more concessions here than it is acknowledging [embedded post]
2026-02-28 View on X
Fortune

Source: Sam Altman told employees the DOD is willing to let OpenAI build its own “safety stack” and won't force OpenAI to comply if its model refuses a task

Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging …

Even one other company speaking up like this makes it harder for the Pentagon to make good on its insane threats.  Would love for Google to join the party today.  [embedded post]
2026-02-28 View on X
Axios

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”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic …

Either the DOD is taking a softer stance with OpenAI (which seems hard to believe) or OpenAI is prepared to make more concessions here than it is acknowledging [embedded post]
2026-02-28 View on X
@sama

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

Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safet...

2026-02-27
This reminds me of the old adage, “Never work for Jack Dorsey under any circumstances” [embedded post]
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Block says it is laying off 4,000+ of its 10,000+ employees, saying AI tools have changed “what it means to build and run a company”; XYZ jumps 15%+

Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount.

(The Trump administration is already conducting mass surveillance of Americans, starting with their social media profiles.)  [embedded post]
2026-02-27 View on X
CBS News

The Pentagon says it has offered compromises to Anthropic, including putting in writing that laws already bar the military from mass surveillance of Americans

Add CBS News on Google  —  As the U.S. military's partnership with artificial intelligence giant Anthropic teeters on the edge of collapse …

Even one other company speaking up like this makes it harder for the Pentagon to make good on its insane threats.  Would love for Google to join the party today.  [embedded post]
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

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”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic …

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon's promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing.  The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic- pe...  [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

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 …

(The Trump administration is already conducting mass surveillance of Americans, starting with their social media profiles.)  [embedded post]
2026-02-27 View on X
Anthropic

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.

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon's promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing.  The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic- pe...  [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

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.

When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon's promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing.  The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic- pe...  [image]
2026-02-27 View on X
Anthropic

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.

2026-02-25
Invoking the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to make a version of Claude that can conduct mass domestic surveillance and operate murderbots is psychotic [embedded post]
2026-02-25 View on X
Reuters

Source: Anthropic has no intention of easing Claude usage restrictions for military purposes, following Dario Amodei's meeting with Pete Hegseth

Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic has no intention of easing its usage restrictions for military purposes, a person familiar with the matter …

“Murder is coming to AI.  But not to Claude.”  [embedded post]
2026-02-25 View on X
Reuters

Source: Anthropic has no intention of easing Claude usage restrictions for military purposes, following Dario Amodei's meeting with Pete Hegseth

Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic has no intention of easing its usage restrictions for military purposes, a person familiar with the matter …

“Murder is coming to AI.  But not to Claude.”  [embedded post]
2026-02-25 View on X
Axios

Sources: DOD told Anthropic it will invoke the Defense Production Act or label Anthropic a “supply chain risk”, if not given unfettered Claude access by Friday

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access …