Meta's bad day in court (1/2) - safety last as platform provider ignored kids online interests in favor of growth, says New Mexico jury
In a landmark ruling, the State of New Mexico scored a major victory over Big Tech - and that's just the start!
Public sector
The Secretary of War didn’t really mean it, contends US government lawyer as Anthropic gets its first day in court over Trump 2.0’s risk to the nation designation. So what did he mean?
A "supply chain risk designation in search of a rationale"! Anthropic might try to sabotage military systems when they do sofware upgrades! Claim and counter-claim - and it's only day one of a long running series of court appointments....
Anthropic's (first) day in court against Trump 2.0, and the Judge has some difficult questions for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to answer...
Did Hegseth and Trump 2.0 in general over-step in its punative actions towards US tech champion Anthropic? We won't find out today by any manner of means, but the conflict is moving into a new phase...
Sage finds a vigorous pulse among SMBs in the UK - but signs of caution too
A new regular survey series from Sage, based on analysis of aggregate data from hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized UK businesses that use its software, provides insights into the growth prospects of the UK economy.
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Monday Morning Moan - Big Govt props up Big Tech. Why Trump 2.0's Federal landgrab is a regulatory win for the AI Bros, but a loss for society as a whole
Now we know - and it's pretty much what we feared. Control of AI regulation is to sit with Washington, but there will be no Federal regulatory body created to manage this. Instead, OpenAI, Google, Palantir, et al will be left to 'mark their own homework'!
How do you launch a multi-million pound UK Government IT project? Without properly scoping the cost or the potential savings, of course!
The plans for a UK digital ID must not be another government IT failure, but the backers of the plan admit to having no clue right now as to how much the whole thing will cost the taxpayer or what the fiscal ROI might be.
Something for the weekend – yes, we do need a radical plan to close the gender gap in tech; the latest 'big idea' from the UK isn't it!
Why the UK's ‘Breaking down barriers’ plan is far too unambitious to make any real difference. The 'Madeline Manifesto' would expect far more from government, education, and business/
With multi-billions of dollars of revenue at risk, Anthropic sends in the lawyers against Trump 2.0's ban. What next?
Anthropic legals up as the cost of Trump 2.0's actions against it become more apparent...
Back to the negotiating table? Might there be peace in our time between Anthropic and Trump 2.0 or has the war of words gone too far? (Updated 6th March)
An internal memo from Anthropic's CEO will pour fuel on the flames of the dispute...
An "inconsequential" sum of money, but the PR cost is much, much higher - OpenAI's Sam Altman continues his 'mea culpa' tour...up to a point
OpenAI's chief called staffers together to explain the events of recent days and try to steady the ship.
"Opportunistic and sloppy" - buyer's regret from CEO Sam Altman as OpenAI's deal with the Department of War comes under heavy fire?
Safe to say Altman has had a busy 48 hours, but will his candid admissions and new language be enough to calm things down in the DoW war of words?
What Dario Amodei wouldn't do, Sam Altman would! Here's why the OpenAI CEO signed a deal with the US Department of War - and why he wants you to visit him in jail if things go wrong...
Altman and Amodei's rivalry was on show at the recent AI Summit in India where they famously didn't hold hands in a line-up on stage. Things are unlikely to have gotten any better given the events of the past week....
Something for the weekend (and beyond) - Trump 2.0 goes nuclear on "left-wing nut jobs" Anthropic, but the fallout will engulf the entire tech sector
Anthropic looks like the loser as it takes the full force of Trump 2.0's ire. On the other hand, there's always someone who profits in a war, isn't there, OpenAI?
