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Anthropic’s feud with the Department of Defense is more than a contract dispute. It’s a preview of a looming power struggle between elected governments and increasingly powerful AI companies. Loading audio narration… CEO Dario Amodei refused to let the Pentagon use Anthropic’s AI for “any lawful purpose,” worrying it could enable domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. That stance could have barred certain military uses even if the government deemed them legal, according to Jessica Tillipman, a government contracts expert at George Washington Law School.This is an example of a potential future in which AI CEOs, not democratically elected leaders, decide…

2026-03-06T09:30:01.269Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. I went to ClawCon in New York, a gathering for fans of Peter Steinberger’s open-source AI agent OpenClaw. The event was packed full of AI fans looking to network and debate about LLM models. “People in this room probably are not developers,” organizer Michael Galpert said. “Their agents are…

After sparring with an X user over an investment loss, billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya offered to fund the user’s daughters’ college accounts. Loading audio narration… In an X post on Thursday evening, Palihapitiya wrote: “This guy clapped at me. I clapped back. We then spoke.””I also think he was very mature in how he internalized our conversation. Onwards!” he said, adding that he “funded his two daughters’ college accounts.”The back-and-forth began after an X user 0xParabolic_ criticized Palihapitiya over a losing investment.In an X post responding to the attention the exchange received, the user wrote: “a lot of people saw…

For years, China’s top graduates chased jobs in finance and tech. Now, many are heading into manufacturing and energy instead.Employment data from Tsinghua University — one of China’s top tertiary institutions — published on its website on Tuesday shows the number of graduates entering the manufacturing and energy sectors rose 19.1% year over year for the class of 2025.Top employers for this year’s Tsinghua graduates include Huawei, BYD, State Grid Corporation of China, and China National Nuclear Corporation, the university said.Huawei is a global telecom equipment giant, while BYD is one of the world’s biggest electric-vehicle makers. State Grid runs…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei isn’t walking away from the table with the Pentagon, even as his company could sue the Defense Department. Loading audio narration… “I would like to reiterate that we had been having productive conversations with the Department of War over the last several days, both about ways we could serve the Department that adhere to our two narrow exceptions, and ways for us to ensure a smooth transition if that is not possible,” Amodei wrote in a lengthy statement published on Thursday night.Amodei’s statement came after the Pentagon confirmed that it formally notified Anthropic that “the company…

Dario Amodei said Thursday that Anthropic plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s decision to label the AI firm a supply-chain risk in court, a designation he has called “legally unsound.” The statement comes a few hours after the DOD officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk following a weeks-long dispute over how much control the military should have over AI systems. A supply-chain risk designation can bar a company from working with the Pentagon and its contractors. Amodei drew a firm line that Anthropic’s AI will not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons, but…

Days after triumphantly declaring victory and landing a big deal with the US government, Sam Altman is stuck playing defense. Loading audio narration… In an interesting twist, OpenAI’s latest debacle is arguably its least technical challenge yet. It also means Altman can’t just push out an app update to alleviate the issue.Altman and OpenAI are now in damage control mode after their decision last week to strike deal with the Pentagon for access to its AI models after their rival Anthropic refused to agree to the government’s terms.It’s become a fast-moving story filled with contract negotiations, optics management, and a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s campaign to end “wokeness” in the military is reshaping its relationship with U.S. higher education, breaking off longstanding ties with prestigious universities that have trained generals and admirals while building new bonds with Christian schools and public universities.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forged ahead last week with his realignment, expelling more than a dozen elite colleges from a military fellowship that serves as a pipeline to the upper ranks of leadership. It’s a small but symbolic fracture that has left college leaders bracing for additional cuts that could pull service members from their classrooms.Hegseth made…

Survived the Block layoffs? You might be getting a hefty retention package, including a bonus. Loading audio narration… Naoko Takeda was a data scientist at Block’s Cash App for two years, per LinkedIn. After over 4,000 of her Block colleagues were laid off last week, Takeda wrote on LinkedIn that the company offered her a roughly 75% pay increase as well as a “retention bonus.”She quit “almost immediately,” she wrote.”I saw my company discard half of my peers and double my pay,” Takeda wrote. “That’s not an honor. It feels shameful and dehumanizing.”Takeda wrote that her overall “retention package” represented…

After President Donald Trump told pregnant women to “fight like hell” not to take Tylenol, orders for it declined among pregnant women who visited emergency departments, according to data published Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet.Trump announced on Sept. 22 that the Food and Drug Administration would warn physicians about a potential link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism in children.“Don’t take Tylenol if you’re pregnant,” he said.The risk has not been substantiated by robust scientific evidence, and the actual letter that the FDA sent doctors said the subject was “an ongoing area of scientific debate.” A January…