Anthropic’s Mythos 5 is back
…AI industry, particularly fears about the AI advancements China could make while top US AI labs were sidelined. Plus, there was the fact that top US government departments, like the National Security…
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Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
…Microsoft already has a substantial client base and, compared with other AI companies, a reputation for safety and security. And like Google, it also has deep pockets, considerable computing resources, and…
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Anthropic has spent years building itself up as the safe AI company. But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude’s carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerability…
Grok schlock panned by fed flock
…is no universal definition of what counts as AI. The data also doesn’t capture intelligence agencies or the Pentagon — where xAI secured a $200 million contract last year and was recently…
US Elections
…Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes — who’s been prepping for everything from AI-fueled phishing attacks to physical security risks — says four polling locations received “unsubstantiated bomb threats,” similar to Georgia…
Climate Change
…The Trump administration ordered five major offshore wind projects to pause construction in December , suddenly citing national security risks even though developers had previously secured approvals to start building. After the companies…
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
…their effectiveness and risks. If the Trump administration bans Anthropic’s advanced cybersecurity models, it can make a case for banning its competitors’ models, too. That could spur AI industry leaders to…
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
…Those turbines even show up in the risk factor section because if an injunction is granted or the permits are revoked, the existing bad AI business will suffer. Exciting stuff! Quilty, the…
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
…Then there is the new crop of up-and-coming space economy ideas, like AI data centers in space or space-based solar power. These are technologies that work on Earth, and…
We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings
…The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. Translation: People…