Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?

The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and the AI company Anthropic has raised a deep and still unanswered question: Does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans? Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk…

Unmasking the Illusion of Safety Online
Unmasking the Illusion of Safety Online

The global cost of cybercrime surpasses billions of dollars annually, with phishing/spoofing, personal data breaches, and extortion accounting for a significant share of losses. According to Cordell Robinson, CEO of Brownstone Consulting Firm, the scal…

Motherboard buying advice for the PC building apocalypse — Our benchmarks, and years of testing, show you where to save and when to spend

Match your board to your build, use case, and future plans to avoid bottlenecks and wasted upgrades. Spend smart now to prevent paying out more later, even with a budget motherboard.

AI creates jobs, data from bank survey shows — companies with wide AI deployments and investments are more likely to be hiring than those that don’t

The fears over AI job market decimation may be overblown, according to economists working at the European Central Bank. A new report suggests that firms that make the most use of AI in Europe are also the largest job creat…

Oslo’s Unleash raises $35M to govern AI-generated code as European enterprise bets grow bolder
Oslo’s Unleash raises $35M to govern AI-generated code as European enterprise bets grow bolder

The Norwegian startup claims its open-source feature management platform can give developers a safety net, just as AI-written code outpaces the humans reviewing it.  For a city better known for sovereign wealth than software venture capital, Oslo has b…

Anthropic’s CEO Is Contrite In Latest Response To Department Of War

A day after the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, its CEO Dario Amodei says it will challenge it in court even as he apologizes for a leaked memo agitating against the Department of War.

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification.

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls

In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it’s coming from.

AI projector system beams makeup on your face by just saying the look you want

Researchers in Japan have built an AI projector system that beams makeup onto your face based on the mood you describe, turning phrases like “night rose” into real color combinations.
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