Pentagon Names DOGE Vet Kliger as AI Chief
Gavin Kliger, a former DOGE official who reposted white supremacist content, is now the Pentagon's chief data officer and top AI decision-maker.
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Meta Opens WhatsApp AI API Under EU Pressure - For a Price
Meta reversed its WhatsApp ban on rival AI chatbots in Europe and Brazil, but now charges rivals up to €0.13 per message - pricing critics call a disguised ban.
Claude Found a Fifth of Firefox's 2025 High-Severity Bugs in 2 Weeks
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 found 22 Firefox CVEs in two weeks - including 14 high-severity bugs, roughly a fifth of all high-severity Firefox vulns patched in 2025 - and attempted hundreds of exploits to see how far the gap really goes.
AWS Launches AI Agent Platform for Healthcare Admin
Amazon Connect Health deploys multi-agent AI built on Nova Sonic and Bedrock to automate scheduling, documentation, and patient verification for health systems.
OpenAI Builds GitHub Rival, Tensions Rise With Microsoft
OpenAI is developing an internal code repository to replace GitHub, putting the company on a collision course with its biggest backer.
VS Code 1.110 Gives AI Agents Native Browser Control
VS Code 1.110 ships native browser control for AI agents, installable agent plugins with MCP support, persistent session memory, and a new Agent Debug panel.
Luma Launches Agents for End-to-End Creative Work
Luma AI's new Agents platform, powered by the Uni-1 Unified Intelligence model, lets creative teams go from a written brief to finished video, images, and audio in one workflow.
Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
The Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that its supply chain risk designation is effective immediately - the first time the US government has applied this label to a domestic tech company.
GPT-5.4 Lands with Computer Use and 1M Token Context
OpenAI ships GPT-5.4 with built-in computer use that beats human desktop performance, a 1 million token context window, and native Excel and Google Sheets integrations.
Claude Code Brings Back 'Ultrathink' After Users Revolt
Claude Code 2.1.68 restores the ultrathink keyword after community backlash over quality degradation, while setting Opus 4.6 to medium effort by default for speed on daily tasks.
Anthropic and Pentagon Resume Talks After Week-Long Standoff
Dario Amodei tells a Morgan Stanley audience he is trying to 'deescalate' the Pentagon dispute, as the FT reports both sides are back at the table with under-secretary Emil Michael.
Defense Contractors Purge Claude After Pentagon Blacklist
Lockheed Martin and at least 10 defense-backed startups are actively removing Anthropic's Claude from their operations after the Pentagon designated the company a supply chain risk.
