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Anthropic Waters Down Core AI Safety Rules
Anthropic Abandons
Key Safety Pledge
Feb 25, 2026 12:55 PM CST

Anthropic Abandons Key Safety Pledge

Company waters down policy requiring it to halt potentially dangerous AI development

(Newser) - Anthropic has tossed out one of the firmest safety vows in the AI business. The San Francisco startup, founded by former OpenAI staffers who warned about runaway AI, has scrapped its Responsible Scaling Policy, which required it to pause training more powerful models if it couldn't reliably control them,...

ISIS Offshoot Wants Members to 'Responsibly' Tap Into AI

Afghan extremist group IS-K's magazine frames chatbots as secure propaganda tools

(Newser) - ISIS' Afghan offshoot is publishing something unexpected in its English-language magazine: AI user guides. Per Politico , recent issues of Voice of Khorasan, produced by Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), lay out how followers should use artificial intelligence "responsibly" as part of their activities. One edition opens with the slogan "...

Sources: Pentagon Gives Anthropic an Ultimatum

Pentagon threatens contract, could invoke Defense Production Act, sources say

(Newser) - Sources say Anthropic has been handed a blunt choice by the Pentagon: drop key AI ethics limits or risk being frozen out of federal work. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the San Francisco startup until 5:01pm Friday to accept the Trump administration's terms of use or face...

AMD's Rivalry With Nvidia Just Took a Turn, Thanks to Meta

Social media giant secures AMD's custom MI450 chips to diversify its AI infrastructure

(Newser) - Meta just inked a chip-buying deal so big it could end up owning a chunk of its supplier. The social media giant agreed to purchase enough of Advanced Micro Devices' new MI450 AI chips to juice up data centers using up to 6 gigawatts of computing capacity over five years,...

Elderly Widow Finds New Companion in &#39;ElliQ&#39;
Elderly Widow Finds
New Companion in 'ElliQ'
LONGFORM
Feb 21, 2026 8:30 AM CST

Elderly Widow Finds New Companion in 'ElliQ'

NYT looks at Jan Worrell's experience with robot designed to combat seniors' isolation

(Newser) - An octogenarian on Washington's remote Long Beach Peninsula has become the test case for a very modern roommate: an artificial intelligence-driven robot that's supposed to combat loneliness. Writing for the New York Times , Eli Saslow follows 85-year-old Jan Worrell as she reluctantly accepts an ElliQ device —part...

Hollywood Nervously Eyes a Phony Pitt-Cruise Clip
Hollywood Nervously Eyes
a Phony Pitt-Cruise Clip
in case you missed it
Feb 21, 2026 5:50 AM CST

Hollywood Nervously Eyes a Phony Pitt-Cruise Clip

Industry fears job losses, likeness abuse after AI tool from ByteDance makes eerily realistic video

(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt haven't reunited on screen, but a 15-second fake fight between their AI-generated doubles just rattled Hollywood. The short clip , created by Irish director Ruairi Robinson using Seedance 2.0—an advanced video tool from TikTok owner ByteDance—looks eerily like a real studio production,...

Leaked Ring Email: 'Search Party' Is for More Than Dogs

Founder Jamie Siminoff tries to ease surveillance worries after Super Bowl ad, but memo isn't helping

(Newser) - Ring's big Super Bowl moment has turned into a big headache for its founder. Jamie Siminoff has spent the week explaining and defending the doorbell company's new "Search Party" feature after a commercial showing Ring cameras helping to track a lost dog instead sparked alarm over surveillance...

University Booted From AI Summit Over a Robotic Dog

Turns out Galgotias University didn't make Orion

(Newser) - A private Indian university was booted from a top AI summit in New Delhi on Wednesday after one of its staffers displayed a commercially available robotic dog made in China, claiming it was the university's own innovation. According to two government officials, Galgotias University was ordered to take down...

China's Latest Robots Are 'Terrifyingly Nimble'

Spring Festival Gala showcases agile Unitree G1 humanoids in sophisticated martial-arts routine

(Newser) - Chinese TV just showed a live demo of how far its humanoid robots have come. Per Futurism , Unitree G1 robots at the state-run China Media Group's Spring Festival Gala not only performed a tightly choreographed martial-arts routine with kids, complete with spears and nunchucks: The humanoids, which the Sun...

Spain Moves to Protect Kids From 'Digital Wild West'

Country goes after AI-generated child sexual-abuse content on social media, including X, Meta, TikTok

(Newser) - Spain just dialed up Europe's clash with Big Tech, asking prosecutors to probe X, Meta, and TikTok over suspected AI-generated child sexual-abuse imagery on their platforms. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accused the companies of harming children's "mental health, dignity, and rights" and said their "impunity" must...

Pentagon Is Playing Hardball With Anthropic

Insiders say Hegseth is threatening retaliation over efforts to limit AI use in warfare

(Newser) - The Pentagon's favorite AI assistant could soon become its biggest headache. A senior defense official tells Axios that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on the verge of cutting ties with Anthropic and labeling the company a "supply chain risk"—a rare step typically aimed at foreign foes,...

Ironic AI Infraction Earns KPMG Partner a Big Fine

Australian employee caught using artificial intelligence to pass a test on artificial intelligence

(Newser) - A partner at the auditing giant KPMG just received a lesson in irony in the brave new world of AI: You shouldn't use artificial intelligence to complete a course on how to use artificial intelligence. The unnamed partner in Australia got caught using an AI tool to complete an...

With AI, Romance Novelist's Books Are Done in 45 Minutes

Coral Hart explains how she does it

(Newser) - If you're wondering how AI is changing publishing, look no further than romance veteran Coral Hart. In a piece for the New York Times , Alexandra Alter explains that the South Africa-based novelist has long been prolific, historically turning out up to a dozen books a year under one of...

With Reported $380B Valuation, Anthropic Is on Cusp of an IPO

Firm is now being watched, alongside OpenAI and SpaceX, to see if initial public offering materializes

(Newser) - Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it's now valued at $380 billion, cementing its position alongside rival OpenAI and Elon Musk's SpaceX in a trio of the world's most valuable startups that investors will watch closely this year to see if they'll become publicly traded. "These...

Anthropic: We'll Pay Excess AI Costs, Not 'Everyday Americans'

Firm pledges to absorb grid upgrades, power demand costs due to its AI data centers

(Newser) - Anthropic says its AI growth shouldn't show up on your power bill. The company behind the Claude chatbot on Wednesday pledged to absorb any local electricity price hikes tied to its expanding US data center network, saying it will team up with utilities to "estimate and cover" consumer...

Judge Blasts DA Over AI 'Hallucinations' in Filing

Wisconsin judge says filing hid AI use, cited fabricated legal precedents

(Newser) - A Wisconsin prosecutor just got a real-world lesson in what happens when AI "hallucinations" enter a courtroom. Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis was sanctioned after a judge tossed out one of his filings for relying on undisclosed artificial intelligence and bogus legal citations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports....

Workers Don&#39;t Love Amazon&#39;s New &#39;Chief Heartthrob&#39;
Amazon's Super
Bowl Gag
Isn't Landing Well
With Workers
in case you missed it
Feb 8, 2026 11:00 AM CST

Amazon's Super Bowl Gag Isn't Landing Well With Workers

Making Chris Hemsworth 'Chief Heartthrob' on company's org chart irks many amid layoffs

(Newser) - Amazon briefly added a superhero to its organizational chart, and some workers weren't amused. On Thursday, employees logging into Amazon's internal directory found Chris Hemsworth listed as "Chief Heartthrob" for Alexa devices, complete with an Amazon email, a side gig as a "bar raiser" (an internal...

Amazon Stock Drops After AI Spending Plans Unveiled

Company plans to pour $200B into capital investments including AI infrastructure

(Newser) - Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company's plans to increase capital spending by...

You&#39;ll Soon Be Able to Chat With MLB Avatars
MLB Just Pitched
an AI Surprise
Feb 5, 2026 2:58 PM CST

MLB Just Pitched an AI Surprise

League signs deal with Genies to create avatars of baseball stars in the name of fan engagement

(Newser) - Major League Baseball players have agreed to let a tech company create AI characters of themselves that can chat and interact with fans. Under an agreement announced Thursday between Genies and MLB Players Inc., the business affiliate of the players association, AI avatars of top stars will be created that...

Alphabet Doubles Down on AI Spending

Google's parent company plans record AI infrastructure spending amid surging Gemini adoption

(Newser) - Google's parent company announced some very ambitious plans for spending on AI infrastructure Wednesday, but investors weren't exactly enthusiastic. Alphabet said it could pour as much as $185 billion into capital projects this year—largely AI chips and infrastructure—roughly double last year's tab and far above...

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