The Pentagon tests alternatives to a too-safe Claude
Defense users are reportedly comparing OpenAI, Google and xAI models after Anthropic refused to loosen limits on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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UAE Gets First Nvidia AI Chip Shipment
The first Nvidia advanced AI chips have reached Abu Dhabi, turning a Gulf export-control debate into physical delivery.
Goldman Cuts Claude Access in Hong Kong
Goldman Sachs removed Claude access for Hong Kong staff after reviewing Anthropic contract coverage, turning a model rollout into a compliance and geopolitics test.
Former Meta Chief AI Scientist Launches Sooth Labs to Predict Geopolitical Events
Ruslan Salakhutdinov, former Meta chief AI scientist, has founded Sooth Labs with two ex-Meta researchers. The startup raised $50 million at a $335 million valuation, backed by Yann LeCun and Jeff Dean, to build an AI-powered prediction engine for geopolitical and market events.
Iranian drones strike three AWS data centers
On March 1, Iranian Shahed drones struck three Amazon Web Services data centers — two in the UAE and one in Bahrain — in what is considered the first state-backed military strike on commercial cloud infrastructure. The incident exposed critical flaws in multi-AZ redundancy, data localization laws, and the blurring line between military and commercial computing.