Anthropic CEO says he's sticking to AI "red lines" despite clash with Pentagon
AI’s Big Fight with the Military: Why It Could Affect Your Future Tech Your Quick Take: A powerful AI company, Anthropic, is clashing with the U.S. military over how its AI can be used. The company wants to prevent its AI from being used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, but the military wants more […]
Trump warns of potential US casualties in 'massive ongoing operation' in Iran
LONDON and NEW YORK — President Donald Trump said that the U.S. military has begun “major combat operations” in Iran and calling on the Iranian people to rise up and seize the opportunity for regime change. “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group […]
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls White House's actions "retaliatory and punitive"
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in an exclusive interview with CBS News Friday that the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company a supply chain risk was “retaliatory and punitive.” Hours earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed the company a “supply chain risk to national security,” which restricts military contractors from doing business with Anthropic. […]
College student's mystery illness diagnosed as Stage IV cancer
Emma Operacz was enjoying her summer. She was a semester away from graduating from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in psychology. She had a thriving social life, two jobs that kept her busy, and was the life of every party. Then, in June 2024, Operacz noticed symptoms of what she thought was a urinary […]
Tejano music star boosted by late outside spending for his Texas congressional campaign
A famous Tejano musician running as a Democrat in a conservative Texas congressional district has been boosted by close to $1 million in outside spending from a moderate political operation while he faces a primary questioning his credentials on the left. The amount being spent by Blue Dog Action’s political arm to support Democratic candidate […]
How advanced is Iran's nuclear program? Here's what we know.
Washington — President Trump ordered military strikes on Iran early Saturday after pressing the country to curtail its nuclear program, grappling with an issue that has vexed presidents from both parties for decades. Iran — which denies having any nuclear weapons ambitions — has amassed a stockpile of uranium that is enriched to near the […]
Trump Designates Iran as State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention
Ahead of the decision tolaunch military strikes on Iran, the Trump administration on Friday formally designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention. The designation, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, activates authorities created under an executive order signed in September that expanded the government’s ability to penalize countries accused of detaining Americans […]
Israel Launches Preemptive Strike on Iran, Military Confirms
Update: President Trump announced Saturday morning that the U.S. was involved in “major combat operations in Iran” shortly after Israel reported that it had launched a preemptive strike. Follow the latest live coverage here. Israel launched what it described as a “preemptive strike” on Iran Saturday morning, Israeli officials said as blasts were seen and […]
Renee Good's family spent "hours in limbo" after she was fatally shot
Renee Good’s family said they spent agonizing “hours in limbo,” unsure of the details surrounding her fatal shootingin January by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. “It’s the complete antithesis of who she was to die in that way. It doesn’t feel real still,” Good’s brother, Brent Ganger, told “CBS Evening News” […]
Trump orders US govt to cut ties with Anthropic; Hegseth declares supply chain 'risk'
When the Government Says “No” to Your Tech: What It Means for the Future of AI and Your Digital World Coffee Break Summary The U.S. government, specifically the Defense Department, has decided to stop using technology from a company called Anthropic. This decision comes because the company refused to allow its AI to be used […]