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DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Following Google’s Pentagon AI Deal (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-05 | get DeepMind AI Union Hoodie → | tags: deepmind, google, unionization

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Google's Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the DeepMind team to unionize (engadget.com)

2026-05-05 | by Mariella Moon | get DeepMind AI Research Kit → | tags: google, deepmind, pentagon

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The Pentagon just signed AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia - and cut Anthropic out entirely (techspot.com)

2026-05-02 | get Microsoft Azure AI Services → | tags: pentagon, openai, google

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New AI Trained Only on Pre-1930 Data Speaks Like the Most Old-Timey Guy Imaginable (futurism.com)

2026-05-02 | by Frank Landymore | get Vintage Typewriter Keyboard → | tags: talkie, university of toronto, vintage model

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Pentagon says US military to be an 'AI-first' fighting force (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-01 | get AI Military Strategy Book → | tags: pentagon, us military, google

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Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, But Not Anthropic (slashdot.org)

2026-05-01 | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: pentagon, ai companies, anthropic

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The Rest of Big Tech Piles in to Take the Pentagon Deal That Anthropic Wouldn’t (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-01 | get AI Pentagon Defense Kit → | tags: big tech, anthropic, u.s. military

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Top AI Companies Agree to Pentagon Deals for Classified Work (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-01 | get AI Developer Kit → | tags: anthropic, defense department, ai companies

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Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone → | tags: pentagon, drones, defense budget

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U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get Military-grade Tactical Backpack → | tags: u.s. war, iran, pentagon

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Uninstalls of ChatGPT Are Spiking at the Worst Time Imaginable for OpenAI (futurism.com)

2026-04-29 | by Victor Tangermann | get OpenAI ChatGPT Mug → | tags: openai, chatgpt, sam altman

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Google is back in the defense business with a secret new Pentagon deal (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-29 | get Google Cloud Pentagon Security → | tags: google, google gemini, pentagon

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Google Moves Forward With Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Pushback (cnet.com)

2026-04-29 | by See Full Bio | get Google Cloud AI Services → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Talkie Is a ‘Vintage LLM’ Trained on Pre-1930 Data to Help Facilitate ‘Time Travel’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-28 | get Vintage Typewriter Keyboard → | tags: talkie, vintage llm, pre-1930 data

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Google and Pentagon Reportedly Agree On Deal For 'Any Lawful' Use of AI (slashdot.org)

2026-04-28 | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Google Signs Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Backlash (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-28 | get Google AI Ethics Book → | tags: google, pentagon, military

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Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models (engadget.com)

2026-04-28 | get Google Cloud AI Services → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Google Clears Pentagon to Use AI Tools in Classified Settings (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-28 | get AI Security Badge → | tags: google, pentagon, ai tools

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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | by Nick Levine | tags: talkie, 13b language model, vintage language models

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Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use (theverge.com)

2026-04-27 | by Stevie Bonifield | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: google, deepmind, sundar pichai

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Pentagon Wants $54 Billion For Drones (slashdot.org)

2026-04-22 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 → | tags: pentagon, drones, design engineer

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Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-21 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 → | tags: pentagon, drones, autonomous warfare

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The NSA is reportedly using Anthropic's new model Mythos (engadget.com)

2026-04-19 | get Anthropic Claude AI Assistant → | tags: anthropic, mythos, pentagon

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Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces (theverge.com)

2026-04-17 | by Hayden Field | get Cybersecurity AI Toolkit → | tags: anthropic, claude mythos, dario amodei

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Pentagon Disturbed as Its Fleet of Drones Is Left Bobbing in the Ocean When Elon Musk’s Starlink Fails (futurism.com)

2026-04-17 | by Joe Wilkins | get Starlink Marine Satellite Kit → | tags: starlink, elon musk, pentagon

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Google and Pentagon in talks to run custom AI chips inside classified environments — Google pushes for tight controls for TPUs surrounding use for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Luke James | tags: google, tensor processing unit, google distributed cloud

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Pentagon Reportedly Asks Detroit to Use More Car Factories as Arms Factories (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-17 | get Military-Grade Car Conversion Kit → | tags: pentagon, detroit, car factories

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Google, Pentagon Discuss Classified AI Deal (slashdot.org)

2026-04-16 | get AI Pentagon Collaboration Kit → | tags: google, pentagon, gemini ai