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Anthropic signs a $200mm deal with the Department of Defense

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 11:38:19

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), through its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), has awarded Anthropic a two-year prototype other transaction agreement with a $200 million ceiling. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will prototype frontier AI capabilities that advance U.S. national security. "This award opens a new chapter in Anthropic’s commitment to supporting U.S. national security, which is where our earliest federal deployments began more than a year ago,” said T

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OpenAI Hits Pause on Its Meta Killer

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-30 11:23:21

OpenAI is delaying the release of its much-anticipated open-weight AI model, citing the need for “additional safety tests” and last-minute concerns over “high-risk areas,” CEO Sam Altman announced on X (formerly Twitter). The decision lands in the middle of a brutal AI arms race, particularly with Meta, which has been aggressively poaching OpenAI talent and championing open-source models like Llama 3. The model, which was slated to drop this week, would be OpenAI’s first major open-weight syste

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Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-30 11:02:41

When it comes to concrete use cases for large language models, AI companies love to point out the ways coders and software developers can use these models to increase their productivity and overall efficiency in creating computer code. However, a new randomized controlled trial has found that experienced open source coders became less efficient at coding-related tasks when they used current AI tools. For their study, researchers at METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) recruited 16 softwa

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Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-30 11:14:52

Reddit announced today that it has started verifying UK users' ages before letting them "view certain mature content" in order to comply with the country's Online Safety Act. Reddit said that users "shouldn't need to share personal information to participate in meaningful discussions," but that it will comply with the law by verifying age in a way that protects users' privacy. "Using Reddit has never required disclosing your real world identity, and these updates don't change that," Reddit said

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Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-07-30 11:06:08

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The companions available currently include Ani, an anime avatar, and Rudy, a cartoony red panda. Ani also has what TestingCatalog describes as an “NSFW” mode where the character wears lingerie. (And just a warning: if you search for posts

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Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-07-30 11:30:01

Meta announced on Monday that it will take additional measures to crack down on accounts sharing “unoriginal” content to Facebook, meaning those that repeatedly reuse someone else’s text, photos, or videos. This year, Meta has already taken down around 10 million profiles that were impersonating large content producers, it said. Plus, it has taken action against 500,000 accounts that were engaged in “spammy behavior or fake engagement.” Those actions have included things like demoting the accou

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Musk's xAI faces European scrutiny over Grok's 'horrific' antisemitic posts

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-07-30 14:54:00

The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. The European Union on Monday called in representatives from Elon Musk's xAI after the company's social network X, and chatbot Grok, generated and spread anti-semitic hate speech, including praise for Adolf Hitler, last week. A spokesperson for the European Commission told CNBC via e-mail that a technical meeting will take place on Tuesday. xAI did not immediately re

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Interview With Mark Zuckerberg Crashes and Burns as They Can't Get His Audio Working

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-30 14:33:20

Tech-focused business publication The Information drummed up plenty of excitement around a major guest gracing the first episode of its new YouTube show (which has the eyebrow-raising name TITV.) During today's kickoff installment, the show locked down none other than Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who sat down with The Information founder and journalist Jessica Lessin for a live interview. But it didn't take long for the Amazon-sponsored chat to grind to a halt. The tech mogul and Lessin's audio w

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Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Joshua Stein 2025-07-30 14:11:25

The Cidco MailStation is a series of dedicated e-mail terminals sold in the 2000s as simple, standalone devices for people to use to send and receive e-mail over dialup modem. While their POP3 e-mail functionality is of little use today, the hardware is a neat Z80 development platform that integrates a 320x128 LCD, full QWERTY keyboard, and an internal modem. After purchasing one (ok, four) on eBay some months ago, I've learned enough about the platform to write my own software that allows it t

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Meta removes 10 million Facebook profiles in effort to combat spam

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2025-07-30 19:40:08

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second Presidential term in Washington, U.S., Jan. 20, 2025. Meta on Monday said it's removed about 10 million profiles for impersonating large content producers through the first half of 2025 as part of an effort by the company to combat "spammy content." The crackdown is part of Meta's broader effort to make the Facebook Feed more relevant and authentic by taking action against and

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Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-07-30 19:46:42

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Autonomous AI coding startup Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the AI developer tools startup best known for its agentic integrated development environment (IDE), the two companies announced on their respective X accounts on Monday. No acquisition amount was disclosed publicly, nor were specific terms of the d

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Google adds featured notebooks on selected topics to NotebookLM

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 19:14:00

Google is adding what it calls "featured notebooks" to NotebookLM as a way to demo its AI-powered software and offer interactive, high-quality resources on everything from personal advice to William Shakespeare. The company tried something similar after its developer conference in May, when it created a NotebookLM notebook trained on everything that was announced at Google I/O 2025. The new featured notebooks have their own dedicated tab on the NotebookLM homepage and were created in partnershi

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US government is giving leading AI companies a bunch of cash for military applications

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 19:53:47

The US Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is handing out millions of dollars to the leading AI companies to develop military applications. Each of these "awards" are worth up to $200 million, with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI on the receiving end. The agency notes that this money will be used to "develop agentic AI workflows across a variety of mission areas." In other words, this is primarily for military applications. A press release says the move will "broaden" the

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Replicube: 3D shader puzzle game, online demo

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 19:00:01

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Meticulous (YC S21) is hiring in UK to redefine software dev

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 18:01:54

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Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE

news.ycombinator.com Paige Collings 2025-07-30 17:02:36

For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies. And they show no sign of stopping. This incentivizes other bad actors. If companies collect any kind of personal data and want to make a quick buck, there’s a data broker willing to buy it and sell it t

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Elon Musk Is Trying to Get His Other Companies to Foot the Bill for xAI

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-07-30 18:20:21

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to invest billions in his artificial intelligence company, and now he is hoping Tesla will do the same. Investors familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the rocket company SpaceX has agreed to invest a whopping $2 billion in xAI, the Musk-led firm behind the controversial large language model Grok. This investment makes up almost half of the $5 billion of equity that the AI company raised last month. Unsurprisingly, the richest man in the world isn

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Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-07-30 19:02:59

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google is partnering with authors, researchers, and publications to launch “featured” notebooks within its AI notetaking app, NotebookLM. These notebooks come pre-filled with research, and let you interact with the app’s tools, including its AI podcast maker, to learn more about each topic. Google has released eight featured notebooks to start, inc

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As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-07-30 19:38:52

Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari currently dominate the web browser market, with Chrome holding a significant share due to the tech giant’s ongoing innovations, particularly in integrating generative AI into its search functionalities. However, users seeking alternatives will find a variety of browsers aiming to challenge these industry giants. To help navigate the competitive landscape of the browser wars, we’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today. Thi

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Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-07-30 19:51:29

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf. The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion deal, a reverse-acquihire that left the rest of the startup’s 250-person team behind. Google’s deal occurred just hours after OpenAI’s $3 billion offer to acquire Windsurf

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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-07-30 23:36:25

A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest office buildings. The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday said it's granting contract awards of up to $200 million for artificial intelligence development at Anthropic, Google , OpenAI and xAI. The DoD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of "advanced AI capabilities to address c

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Meta announces huge new data centers, but they could gobble up millions of gallons of water per day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-30 23:40:00

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans on investing "hundreds of billions of dollars" to power AI. Meta is building several gigawatt-sized data centers to power AI, as reported by Bloomberg . CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will spend "hundreds of billions of dollars" to accomplish this feat, with an aim of creating "superintelligence." The term typically refers to artificial general intelligence (AGI), which describes AI systems that boast human-level intelligence across multiple dom

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Anthropic's AI agent can now automate Canva, Asana, Figma and more - here's how it works

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-07-30 23:00:16

CFOTO / Contributor/Getty Claude just gained a little more autonomy. Anthropic, the AI start-up behind Claude, announced Monday that the system can now directly interact with and pull information from a directory of third-party apps and websites, including Stripe, Figma, Prisma, Canva, Asana, and others. The idea is to save users time that would ordinarily be spent transferring information from Claude's outputs into one of those external services, and vice versa. Also: Claude might be my new

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Coding with AI? My top 5 tips for vetting its output - and staying out of trouble

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-07-30 23:09:00

filo / Getty Images Our story begins, as many stories do, with a man and his AI. The man, like many men, is a bit of a geek and a bit of a programmer. He also needs a haircut. The AI is the culmination of thousands of years of human advancement, all put to the service of making the man's life a little easier. The man, of course, is me. I'm that guy. Also: The best AI for coding in 2025 (and what not to use) Unfortunately, while AI can be incredibly brilliant, it also has a propensity to lie,

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I recommend this Windows laptop to creatives and professionals - even if it's meant for gamers

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-07-30 23:30:15

ZDNET's key takeaways MSI's new Raider 18 HX is retailing for $4,000. This is, without a doubt, the most powerful laptop I've tested in 2025, due to its Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU and GeForce RTX 5080 GPU. As you can imagine, it is quite expensive and rather heavy. View now at New Egg View now at Amazon View now at B&H Photo Video more buying choices At Amazon, the MSI Raider 18 HX with the GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is on sale for $4,250, a $950 discount. 2025 has been a big year for mega n

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Are portable AC units worth it? My verdict after testing one during a heat wave

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-07-30 23:50:51

ZDNET's key takeaways The EcoFlow Wave 3 is a portable air conditioner and heater that costs $1,299 on its own and $2,299 with the add-on battery. This is a portable air conditioner and heater that is more powerful than its predecessor It is also off-grid ready for camping, RVing, and even helping in a pinch. The Wave 3 is pricey, loud in some settings, and is not as efficient in extreme heat, direct sun, or tent camping. $1,099 at Amazon Many parts of the US are sizzling right now, unable t

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Meticulous (YC S21) is hiring in UK to redefine software dev,£100k-300k and equity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 23:01:54

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AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 20:32:08

AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why. AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why. Metr recently published a paper about the impact AI tools have on open-source developer productivity1. They show that when open source developers working in codebases that they are deeply familiar with use AI tools to complete a task, then they take longer to complete that task compared to other tasks where they are barred from using AI tools. Interestingly the

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‘Warhammer 40K’ Fans Are Screaming About an Iconic Scream

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-07-30 23:00:56

In the grim dark future of the 41st millennium, there is only war—and that kind of attitude invites a lot of yelling. Angry human yells, angry alien yells, angry daemonic yells, someone, somewhere is always yelling in the world of Warhammer 40,000. But in our own universe, there’s also been a lot of yelling about yelling as of late. Recently, Relic Entertainment announced that it would be reviving the classic original entry in the Warhammer 40K game series Dawn of War with a new remaster, clean

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Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-07-30 23:40:19

Meta’s AI spending spree continues. After reportedly offering tens (or in some cases, hundreds) of millions of dollars to lure away top researchers from competing artificial intelligence operations, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Threads that the company plans to build several multi-gigawatt superclusters to ramp up its compute power. Zuckerberg said the first of the superclusters, called Prometheus, will come online sometime in 2026, with “multiple more titan clusters” to follow. According

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Anthropic signs a $200mm deal with the Department of Defense

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Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower

Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content

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Musk's xAI faces European scrutiny over Grok's 'horrific' antisemitic posts

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