Moltbook Was Broken, Fake, and Brilliant. Meta Paid Anyway.
Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network with 1.5M exposed tokens and 93% dead comments, for its agent-to-human registry concept.
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OpenAI and Google Employees File Brief for Anthropic as DOD Feud Risks $5 Billion
37 OpenAI and Google researchers, led by Jeff Dean, filed amicus brief backing Anthropic in DOD lawsuit over supply chain risk designation.
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over Supply Chain Risk Label, Citing First Amendment Violations
Anthropic filed two lawsuits challenging the Pentagon's supply chain risk label, the first ever applied to a US company.
Three Fronts, 87 Days. The Squeeze on China Now Runs Through Silicon Valley.
U.S. strikes on Iran and Venezuela cut China's oil supply. $690B in AI capex depends on TSMC chips from Taiwan, where PLA drills are escalating.
Commerce Department Drafts Global AI Chip Export Rules Linking Sales to US Investment
Commerce Department proposes global licensing for AI chip exports, requiring foreign governments to invest in US infrastructure for large orders.
China's 15th Five-Year Plan Mentions AI Over 50 Times, Commits to 'Decisive Breakthroughs' in Chips
Beijing's 15th Five-Year Plan mentions AI 50+ times, targets 12.5% digital economy GDP share, and commits $565B in annual R&D through 2030.
Trump's Ratepayer Pledge Solves Nothing. That's the Point.
Seven tech CEOs signed a voluntary pledge with no enforcement. The real electricity rate fight plays out in 30 state capitals.
Anthropic Rejected Pentagon Demand to Analyze Americans' Data, Reports Reveal
Anthropic walked from $200M Pentagon deal over bulk surveillance of Americans. OpenAI took the contract. Claude still runs on classified networks
OpenAI Signed the Pentagon Deal. Anthropic Wrote It.
OpenAI's Pentagon contract includes cloud-only deployment and time-locked legal baselines that Anthropic's earlier deal lacked. Analysis of why.
OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Claims the Same Red Lines That Got Anthropic Blacklisted
Altman announced a Pentagon AI deal with the same red lines Anthropic was blacklisted for. OpenAI lacks classified infrastructure to deploy it.
Trump Treated Anthropic Like Huawei. Silicon Valley Chose a Side.
Trump blacklisted Anthropic from all government work and the Pentagon labeled it a supply chain risk. The AI industry's response reveals a structural break with Washington.
Anthropic Rejects Pentagon's Final AI Offer, Says Compromise Would Gut Safeguards
Anthropic rejected the Pentagon's best and final offer on Claude military use, calling safeguard language an escape hatch. Friday deadline looms.
AI Models Deployed Nuclear Weapons in 95% of War Game Simulations, Study Finds
King's College study finds GPT-5.2, Claude, and Gemini reached for nuclear weapons in nearly every simulated crisis. No model ever surrendered.