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Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Demand to Remove AI Safety Guardrails
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Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Demand to Remove AI Safety Guardrails

Anthropic has stated it cannot in good conscience comply with a Pentagon demand to remove safety precautions from its Claude AI model, despite threats to cancel a $200 million contract. Critics warn against the dangers of relaxing AI guardrails for military use.

Anthropic has less than 36 hours before it barrels toward uncharted territory with the US government
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Anthropic has less than 36 hours before it barrels toward uncharted territory with the US government

Anthropic's military contract has come under threat following a meeting between the AI company's CEO and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot; AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Anthropic and the US government are at a standstill over the use of the company's Claude model. The Pentagon is pressing Anthropic to accept its terms or lose its military contract. Sources said the government is willing to use 2 levers to compel Anthropic to agree. Anthropic is fast-appr...

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Claude Emerges as ChatGPT Rival

Claude, a chatbot developed by the startup Anthropic, is gaining attention as a significant rival to ChatGPT, known for its focus on practical applications in AI and software.

Pentagon threatens Anthropic
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Pentagon threatens Anthropic

The PENTAGON has given an ultimatum to AI company Anthropic to remove restrictions on the use of its AI system Claude. Anthropic refuses to allow its application in autonomous weapons and surveillance, risking contract termination.

Anthropic and Pentagon Feud Over AI Work Escalates
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Anthropic and Pentagon Feud Over AI Work Escalates

A dispute between AI firm Anthropic and the Pentagon is intensifying, with Anthropic spurning a bid to defuse the feud and the Pentagon hardening its ultimatum over AI use.

The next step in Artificial Intelligence: Can an AI model be conscious, “feel,” “live”? Even experts admit they don’t know
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The next step in Artificial Intelligence: Can an AI model be conscious, “feel,” “live”? Even experts admit they don’t know

The discussion has intensified around the Claude chatbot developed by Anthropic, with users and creators debating whether it is “alive.” The company says “no,” but leaves open the possibility that it may have - or could develop - some form of “consciousness” The post The next step in Artificial Intelligence: Can an AI model be conscious, “feel,” “live”? Even experts admit they don’t know appeared first on ProtoThema English.

Frederick Wiseman brought a uniquely empowering scale to his immersive documents of ordinary life
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Frederick Wiseman brought a uniquely empowering scale to his immersive documents of ordinary life

His maximal studies of US institutions such as welfare bureaucracy and an intensive care unit were packed with human detail and free from explicit commentary • Frederick Wiseman, prolific documentary film-maker, dies aged 96 The documentary form is often thought to be governed by a manageable feature-length high concept: the story of a person, an institution, an historical episode. The subject itself and the film’s attitude towards it, its editorial slant, are habitually plain enough and the procedure is metonymic: the camera focuses on a part, and the whole is illuminated by implication. Often they have a sexed-up, quirky story to tell, which might mean a selective and sneakily tendentious approach to editing the material. But that is not quite the case with the films of Frederick Wiseman. His colossal, immersive movies about ordinary people and ordinary lives enclosed in some kind of institution, and characterised by the absence of voiceovers, intertitles or the off-camera directorial presence of the interviewing voice, are not amenable to the elevator pitch; they are the entire elevator shaft itself, and the whole building that houses it. Whereas epic-length films might be generally held to be appropriate for big and distinctively historical subjects, such as Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah or Marcel Ophüls’s The Sorrow and the Pity, Wiseman applies the maximal approach to static cross-section studies of sometimes less obviously momentous topics such as Paris’s Crazy Horse nightclub or the French restaurant Le Bois Sans Feuilles. However his greatest works are top-to-bottom body-politic pictures of public institutions, huge, intricate constructions of unglamour; his movies themselves were virtual institutions, movie-edifices mirroring their subjects in architectural form and indeed almost always funded by one particular public institution: PBS, the Public Broadcasting System. Continue reading...

OpenAI's OpenClaw hire sparks praise, memes, and rivalry chatter
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OpenAI's OpenClaw hire sparks praise, memes, and rivalry chatter

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenAI hired the creator of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger. The news made waves in the AI community. Some AI leaders took to X to celebrate the news, and others expressed concern. OpenAI announced on Sunday it had hired Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw. Within hours, the news sent ripples across the AI community, drawing praise from some executives, jabs from rivals, and a flood of memes from engineers watching the talent wars unfold. Steinberger wrote in a blog post shared on X Sunday that he was "joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman amplified the news, writing that "the future is going to be extremely multi-agent." Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our… — Sam Altman (@sama) February 15, 2026 In response to the news, several OpenAI leaders welcomed Steinberger. Thibault Sottiaux, an engineering lead on OpenAI's Codex team, wrote that "@steipete is proof you can just build things." @steipete is proof you can just build things — Tibo (@thsottiaux) February 15, 2026 Another Codex engineer posted that one of the "neat" parts of OpenAI's culture is how many former founders work there. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. It’s a really neat part of the culture. — Andrew Ambrosino (@ajambrosino) February 16, 2026 Steinberger told Lex Friedman in a podcast last week that both Mark Zuckerberg and Altman had made him offers. OpenClaw and its agent-only social media network Moltbook became wildly popular earlier this year as developers and AI enthusiasts shared clips of autonomous AI agents posting, replying, and interacting online. The open-source project, which demonstrates how networks of AI agents can coordinate to perform tasks across apps, also rapidly gained traction on GitHub. After Steinberger's announcement on Sunday, some of the people who worked on OpenClaw commented on the news. "I know the decision was not an easy one, and I saw firsthand the pressure Peter was under, given that he understands how fundamental this could be for the AI timeline," Jamieson O'Reilly, an OpenClaw advisor, wrote on X in a post congratulating Steinberger. One thing has become very clear to me working together with @steipete on @openclaw. While lots of people spectate from the sidelines, sharing their opinions, concerns and even hot takes at times, the dude is there, vigilantly on the front-lines pushing AI forward for every one… https://t.co/fe5OEKgevm — Jamieson O'Reilly (@theonejvo) February 16, 2026 Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, said it was a sign "2026 was the year of the agents." If anyone was wondering if 2026 was the year of agents, OpenAI is bringing on the maker of Openclaw. This space is about to get very real. https://t.co/ocqX4kE9PT — Aaron Levie (@levie) February 15, 2026 Not everyone in the tech space was as enthusiastic about the news. XAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin asked users on X: "What's the best open alternative to OpenClaw right now? Doesn't make sense to put all your data into it if it's owned by OpenAI." PayPal mafia member Jason Calacanis expressed similar concerns. 😔 what are the chances the open source project survives / thrives after this? https://t.co/4sUZkKWkGh — @jason (@Jason) February 15, 2026 Steinberger and OpenAI have said that OpenClaw will remain an open-source project with OpenAI's support. Other experts in the space pointed out that OpenAI's win could be a loss for Anthropic, especially after Steinberger wrote on X that Anthropic sent "love letters from legal." "Another interesting detail is Anthropic's visible disdain for anything open source: their only contribution to this was legal threats," George Orosz, a tech industry analyst and author of the tech newsletter The Pragmatic Engineer, wrote on X. Kris Puckett, a designer at Stripe, expressed a similar sentiment Instead of @AnthropicAI getting Claudebot, they rushed legal to send a C&D and lost out on not only brilliant talent but community drive. Truly would love to know the decision making process. — Kris Puckett (@krispuckett) February 16, 2026 Raphael Schaad, a visiting partner at Y Combinator, said, "I bet this causes lots of VC tears." I bet this causes lots of VC tears and angry OSS folks. But think about this: - Peter showed the future and lots of awesome startups are starting to bloom from this. Invest in those! - Peter created one of the most exciting OSS projects in years. The community is vibrant and… https://t.co/RFWwfXU9Lz — Raphael Schaad (@raphaelschaad) February 15, 2026 And finally, some X power users did what they do best: posted memes about the news. Was expecting this one in replies pic.twitter.com/bfcZt3Ugg6 — Tibor Blaho (@btibor91) February 15, 2026 Read the original article on Business Insider

Pentagon Deploys AI in Venezuela Raid
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Pentagon Deploys AI in Venezuela Raid

An exclusive report reveals the Pentagon utilized Anthropic’s Claude AI during a raid in Venezuela, marking a notable application of artificial intelligence in military operations.

How Pentagon's 'Friday deadline' may have come hours early for Anthropic
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How Pentagon's 'Friday deadline' may have come hours early for Anthropic

The US Department of War is scrutinizing AI firm Anthropic. Major defense contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been asked about their use of Anthropic's Claude AI. This comes as the Pentagon issued an ultimatum to Anthropic regarding its AI model's military applications. Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards has led to this escalation.

AI's Impact on Startups and College Life
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AI's Impact on Startups and College Life

An SF founder claims AI made her startup's product obsolete overnight, highlighting the disruptive potential of AI. Separately, AI is increasingly affecting various aspects of college life, from clubs to academic competition.

Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Over Military AI Use
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Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Over Military AI Use

A US Congressman has threatened to cut AI startup Anthropic from the Pentagon's supply chain after its CEO, Dario Amodei, attempted to limit the military use of its technology, leading to his summons to Washington.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gets summoned from Pentagon for 'not a friendly meeting'
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gets summoned from Pentagon for 'not a friendly meeting'

The Pentagon is demanding full access to Anthropic's AI model, Claude, for military use, clashing with the company's safety safeguards. Defence Secretary Hegseth is reportedly issuing an ultimatum to Anthropic CEO Amodei, threatening contract cancellations if restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons aren't lifted. This high-stakes meeting highlights a significant ideological divide.

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US Operations in Venezuela, Maduro Capture and Sanctions

US media reports indicate Anthropic’s AI model, Claude, assisted the Pentagon in an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an action defended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while US forces also intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker tied to Venezuela.