Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ employees from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic in its legal fight with the US DOD
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, saying the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights
Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist …
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, says the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights
Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating …
Sources: the US government restored xAI to its vendors list after removing it for Grok's antisemitic content; email: the White House asked GSA to add xAI “ASAP”
A partnership between xAI and the US government fell apart earlier this summer. Then the White House apparently got involved, per documents obtained by WIRED.
Sources: xAI was part of a US GSA's AI initiative alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, but the GSA removed xAI after Grok posted antisemitic content in July
A short thread for the reader to try figure out what the common denominator is here. — A. Grok was about to get a lucrative Govt. contract. It went all Nazi, because well, birds...
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp”
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo.
Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old who has gone by “Big Balls” online and was one of the first technologists hired as part of DOGE, has resigned
www.wired.com/story/big-ba... Anna Holmes / @annabookwriter : Lol happy trails, Big Balls, this is what happens when you throw your lot in with dudes who famously screw over their ...
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Sources: DOGE aims to migrate all Social Security Administration's computer systems off COBOL in a matter of months, risking the integrity of the system
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language.
DOGE's Tom Krause, the US Treasury's new Fiscal Assistant Secretary, is still the CEO of Cloud Software Group; critics say it may be a conflict of interest
“...bosses are simultaneously running private companies while also running parts of the government that affect their businesses.” — By @telliotter.bsky.social Tim Marchman / @tim...
Sources: Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Elon Musk-linked engineer, has admin privileges over Treasury Department code that controls Social Security payments and more
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It's also where, sources say …
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius”
“A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
TTP data: US anti-government militia activity has grown on Facebook, with the platform even auto-generating some group pages, despite users flagging the issue
Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts … X: Ryan McCarthy / @mccarthyryanj : Important...
How a TikTok whistleblower may have driven congressional concerns about the app despite working at TikTok for just six months and making improbable claims
Zen Goziker worked at TikTok for only six months. Many of his allegations about the company and the US government are improbable.
As “censorship free” social network Parler returns to the iOS App Store, CEO Ryan Rhodes talks new features, moderation, and building “a true open platform”
Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info
David Gilbert / Wired :
Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info
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Stardust's privacy policy said it may share “anonymized, encrypted” data to third parties “whether or not legally required”, before being changed after pushback
Analysis of Stardust period tracking app, the top free app on the US App Store on June 25, shows it shares users' phone numbers with analytics company Mixpanel
This Privacy Policy explains how Stardust App LLC. Tweets: @motherboard : Menstrual tracking app Stardust is one of Apple's top three most-downloaded free apps right now. It's also...