Pentagon Clears 8 AI Firms for Classified Networks
The Pentagon signed AI agreements with eight tech companies for its most classified military networks, pointedly excluding Anthropic even as courts battle over its blacklist status.
Articles Tagged "AI Policy"
OpenAI Faces $1B Lawsuit After Ignoring Shooting Flags
Seven families filed federal lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman personally, seeking over $1B after the company ignored its safety team's warnings before the Tumbler Ridge shooting.
Musk v. Altman Trial Opens - OpenAI's Future at Stake
A federal trial over OpenAI's shift from nonprofit to for-profit opened in Oakland on April 28, with Musk seeking $134B in damages, Altman's removal, and a full corporate reversal.
Maine Vetoes First US AI Data Center Moratorium
Maine Governor Janet Mills killed LD 307, the first proposed statewide AI data center moratorium in the US, to protect a $550 million project in Jay.
Altman Apologizes to Tumbler Ridge - Canada Eyes AI Rules
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent an apology to Tumbler Ridge two months after eight people were killed - now Canada is weighing mandatory reporting laws for AI companies.
Connecticut Passes AI Bill 32-4 - Employment and Chatbots
Connecticut's Senate Bill 5 passed the state Senate 32-4 on April 21, covering frontier AI regulation, employment AI requirements, and chatbot self-harm rules - now it must survive a House that has blocked AI legislation before.
Z.AI Will Ban Your Coding Plan For Non-Coding Use
Z.AI updated its GLM Coding Plan usage policy. Non-coding requests now trigger aggressive throttling, and three violations mean a permanent ban - which explains the wave of 1302 and 1303 rate-limit errors users have been hitting this week.
Stanford 2026 AI Index - Cash In, Transparency Out
Stanford's 2026 AI Index shows global investment hitting $581B in 2025, while foundation model transparency scores fell by a third as capabilities raced ahead of governance.
NSA Uses Mythos Even as Pentagon Blacklists Anthropic
NSA is running Anthropic's Mythos Preview while the Pentagon - its parent department - formally brands Anthropic a supply chain risk and fights in court to keep the company out of federal systems.
Trump Says 'Who?' as His Own Staff Courts Anthropic
Dario Amodei met with Susie Wiles and Scott Bessent at the White House on April 17, while Trump - standing on a Phoenix runway - said he had 'no idea' about the meeting.
Google Bids for Pentagon's Classified Gemini Contract
Google is negotiating to deploy Gemini on classified Pentagon networks, the same tier Anthropic was blacklisted for refusing to serve without safeguards.
The Left Hand Bans What the Right Hand Deploys
The Trump administration is simultaneously suing Anthropic in federal court over a supply chain risk designation and sending Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell to convince Wall Street banks to use Anthropic's most powerful model.
