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Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon’s threats ‘do not change our position’ on AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the company “cannot in good conscience” agree to allow the Department of Defense to use its models in all lawful use cases without limitation, adding that the agency’s threats do not change its position. The artificial intelligence startup has been engaged in tense negotiations with the Pentagon in […]
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Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block said Thursday it’s laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount. The stock skyrocketed […]
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Google launches Nano Banana 2, updating its viral AI image generator
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Google on Thursday rolled out Nano Banana 2, an update to its wildly popular artificial intelligence image generator. The company launched the first Nano Banana in August, and the service quickly went viral. Nano Banana Pro hit the market in November, built on Gemini 3 Pro. Google […]
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EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce
eBay’s headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. Bloomberg | Getty Images EBay said Thursday it is cutting about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce, in the latest round of layoffs at the e-commerce company. “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect […]
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Instagram to start parent alerts for teen suicide, self-harm searches as Meta trials continue
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., exits Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Instagram said Thursday that it will alert parents when teens repeatedly search for suicide and self-harm terms as parent company Meta comes under scrutiny […]
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Former Alphabet ‘moonshot’ robotics company Intrinsic is folding into Google
Google is folding in former moonshot robotics software company Intrinsic as Alphabet tries to streamline its ambitions in the space. After five and a half years developing its technology at Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” X, Intrinsic became an independent Alphabet company in its “Other Bets” division in July 2021. The Google parent company announced Wednesday that […]
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Samsung’s S26 gives an advance look at what the Google-powered Apple Siri could do
The Gemini AI assistant on a Samsung 26S Ultra smartphone during a product preview event in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Galaxy S26 series, its latest flagship smartphone lineup that puts Alphabet‘s Gemini artificial intelligence front and center. […]
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Thrive Capital invested about $1 billion in OpenAI at a $285 billion valuation, source says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital invested roughly $1 billion in OpenAI at a $285 billion valuation in December, a source confirmed Wednesday. It is a preferential deal for the venture capital firm that has long […]
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Head of Amazon’s AGI lab is leaving the company
Amazon logo on brick office building facade with windows, San Francisco, California, Aug. 29, 2025. Smith Collection | Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images The head of Amazon’s artificial general intelligence lab is leaving the company less than two years after joining through a so-called acqui-hire deal of his startup Adept. David Luan announced […]
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Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Aaron Ontiveroz | Denver Post | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Anthropic it has until Friday evening to give the military broad access to its artificial intelligence models, CNBC confirmed […]
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