Several key technology companies signed a nonbinding pledge at the White House on Wednesday that the Trump administration claims will ensure that tech companies do not pass the cost of data centers on to consumers’ utility bills. “Data centers … they need some PR help,” President Donald Trump said at the event. “People think that … Read more
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate Anthropic as a “supply-chain risk” on Friday, sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley and leaving many companies scrambling to understand whether they can keep using one of the industry’s most popular AI models. “Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with … Read more
This week, the Uncanny Valley team dives into the feud that has been brewing between Anthropic and the Pentagon—and what it says about how the government interacts with tech companies. Later, Zoë Schiffer tells us why figuring out whether you are agentic or mimetic has become the new litmus test in Silicon Valley. Plus, we … Read more
This episode of Uncanny Valley covers the people resigning from AI companies and the humans getting hired by AI agents. Plus, we attend a soiree thrown by a conservative women’s magazine. Source link
When Anthropic last year became the first major AI company cleared by the US government for classified use—including military applications—the news didn’t make a major splash. But this week a second development hit like a cannonball: The Pentagon is reconsidering its relationship with the company, including a $200 million contract, ostensibly because the safety-conscious AI … Read more
OpenAI’s president and cofounder Greg Brockman doesn’t consider himself political, which is surprising, because he was one of President Trump’s biggest individual donors of 2025. Greg and his wife, Anna Brockman, gave $25 million to MAGA Inc—a super PAC that supports President Trump—in September of last year. The pair also gave $25 million to a … Read more
Brian Barrett: They’ve got 80 billion or so to spend 75 billion of that I think they have to spend in the next four years. So yeah, they’re going to keep expanding. And when you think of how much of an impact 3000 agents officers had in Minneapolis alone, that’s like an eighth of the, … Read more
Tulsi Gabbard Faces Heat at Head of Intelligence Hearing Tulsi Gabbard Faced Tense Questioning About Russia at Her Confirmation Hearing for Director of National Intelligence. Washington – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Announced on Aug. 19 that President Donald Trump Had Directed Her Office to Revoke Security Clearances from 37 Former Intelligence Officials For … Read more
Intel Secures $ 2 BLN Investment from Softbank to Boost Us Tech Innovation Intel Corporation has announced the signing of a definitive security Citing foreign media. Access to paid information is limited Find the plan that suits you best. 1 month subscription Full digital access to all news for 1 month 3 … Read more
When United States President Donald Trump Invited His Ukrainian Counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Talks at the White House on Manday on Manday, The European Leaders Rushed to Washing to WashingTon Zelenskyy in a show of support. The last meeting between trump and zelenskyy, help in February at the oval office, did not go down well … Read more