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The Brave New AI War Machine
“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us,” said Alex Karp, the CEO of the emerging military tech firm Palantir. Far from an offhand outburst, his statement reflects a broader ethos t…
Palantir's lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US Government staff
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Meet the startups trying to build military-specific AI
The Anthropic-Pentagon feud revealed a giant gap between what giant frontier models do and what troops actually need.
Palantir embedding staff in Defence and mining Australian data under contract with Trump-aligned company
A Department of Defence contract for 'Industrial Intelligence Capability' obtained by Crikey is the first time that the nature and conditions of the controversial company's work with Australia has been made public. The post Palantir embedding staff in Defence…
PATRICK DUGAN: The Government Can’t Have Terminator Robots
If we don't get Congress to pass a law banning autonomous lethal robots, we will regret it. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently gave Anthropic CEO Dario
Why the US government labelled Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’: A timeline
The Department of War has demanded that Anthropic’s AI models be made available to it for "any lawful use." Anthropic has, however, refused to cross its strict ethical red lines — no fully autonomous weapons and no mass domestic surveillance.
Palantir and Anthropic AI helped the US hit 1k Iran targets in 24 hours
US military used Palantir’s Maven AI system with Anthropic’s Claude to generate and prioritise targets during Iran strikes.
Palantir Technologies Stock Climbs 3% to $157 Amid Geopolitical Tensions and Strong AI Demand
Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. rose nearly 3% on Friday, closing at $157.16 on the Nasdaq, as investors weighed the company's explosive growth in artificial intelligence platforms against heightened geopolitical risks driving demand for its defense-focu…
Top Pentagon official recalls the ‘whoa moment’ when defense leaders realized how indispensable Anthropic is and saw the of risk losing access
"I'm not biased," Michael said. "I just I want all of them. I want to give them all the same exact terms because I need redundancy."
How a16z’s American Dynamism turned defense tech into the hottest trade in Silicon Valley
This week, America put its military arsenal on full display — sinking Iranian warships, neutralizing thousands of missiles and drones, and executing strikes on a scale few thought possible. It was a reminder that our technological superiority is still unmatch…
What the TV Won’t Tell You: The Bloodshed in Mexico is the Direct Result of a Decades-Long U.S. Proxy War
You won’t hear this on the nightly news, but the unprecedented violence currently tearing through Mexico is not some random, isolated cartel uprising. It is the catastrophic and entirely predictable blowback of the U.S. government intentionally arming, fundin…
Anthropic and the Pentagon
OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI technology for the US defense department. This news caps a week of bluster by the highest officials in the US government towards some of the wealthiest titans of the big tech industry, and the overhanging …
Anthropic’s People Power Is Part Of A Bigger Fight That Affects Clean Technology
The Trump administration’s recent decision to label AI startup Anthropic a “supply chain risk” effectively barred the company from federal contracts and isolated it from private firms doing business with the military. While the standoff has been framed largel…
The new kill chain: America is using AI to bomb targets in Iran
Iran war: The American military's engagement in Iran serves as a proving ground for cutting-edge artificial intelligence. By enhancing intelligence analysis and optimising target selection, AI enables commanders to act decisively and swiftly. Nonetheless, the…
Anthropic Challenges US Department Of War's Supply Chain Risk Designation
In a week of unprecedented friction between Claude AI's Anthropic and the Pentagon, the federal government has now flagged the AI company as a national security threat, more specifically with a "supply-chain risk" label. This labeling is similar treatment for…
Anthropic risks pariah status after Pentagon calls it a supply-chain risk
Anthropic PBC may lose a wide range of U.S. government business after the Defense Department declared it a supply-chain risk. Read more here
Defense-tech stocks are the hot trade as Iran conflict widens
In a week when conflict in Iran sent the U.S. equity market into a tailspin, technology stocks tied to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence have proved ...
Reports of AI use in US-Israeli attacks on Iran spark discussion; Chinese expert urges caution on AI military applications
Media outlets reported that the US and Israel employed AI technologies in the strikes on Iran, which sparked discussions about the military use of AI. A Chinese expert told the Global Times on Tuesday that while AI can assist human operators in warfare, it mu…