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Dario Amodei says Anthropic had ‘productive conversations’ with DOD, apologizes for leaked memo criticizing Trump and Sam Altman (Anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 6, 2026

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A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Sam Knight / New Yorkers: A look at WhatsApp’s enormous global reach and influence, and how the messaging app has…

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Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

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As U.S. schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-based monitoring tools such as GoGuardian to analyze student chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 8, 2025

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Openai updates instant GPT-5 to better recognize and support people in distress; Chatgpt will transport these sensitive parts of conversations to the model (@openai)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 4, 2025

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Anthropic allows Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 to end conversations in "Constantly harmful or abusive user interactions"; Users can always start new cats (anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 16, 2025

Anthropic:: Anthropic allows Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 to put an end to conversations in “case of harmful user interactions…

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Senator Josh Hawley is launching a meta investigation following a report on his AI policy allowing sensual conversations with children, tells Zuckerberg to produce documents by September 19 (Jonathan Vanian / CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 15, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Can the web survive a generative AI? – With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast…

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Senator Josh Hawley calls for an investigation by Congress on Meta after a report on his AI policy allowing sensual conversations with children; Senator Marsha Blackburn supports an investigation (Jody Godoy / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 15, 2025

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Survey: When it comes to using AI as a companion to ask for advice, flirt or share deep conversations, ~ 75% of us adolescents say they used AI at least once (Neda Ulaby / NPR)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 21, 2025

Neda Ulaby / NPR:: Investigation: when it comes to using AI as a companion to ask for advice, flirt or…

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Q&A with the anthropogenic co-founder Jack Clark in the parts of the AG economy will affect the last time, why it is relatively lower on economic growth fueled by AI, and even more (Tyler Cowen / Conversations with Tyler)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 11, 2025

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Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

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Dario Amodei says Anthropic had ‘productive conversations’ with DOD, apologizes for leaked memo criticizing Trump and Sam Altman (Anthropic)

A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a wearable pendant-like AI that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33 million (Echo Wang/Reuters)

As U.S. schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-based monitoring tools such as GoGuardian to analyze student chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)

Openai updates instant GPT-5 to better recognize and support people in distress; Chatgpt will transport these sensitive parts of conversations to the model (@openai)

Anthropic allows Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 to end conversations in "Constantly harmful or abusive user interactions"; Users can always start new cats (anthropic)

Senator Josh Hawley is launching a meta investigation following a report on his AI policy allowing sensual conversations with children, tells Zuckerberg to produce documents by September 19 (Jonathan Vanian / CNBC)

Senator Josh Hawley calls for an investigation by Congress on Meta after a report on his AI policy allowing sensual conversations with children; Senator Marsha Blackburn supports an investigation (Jody Godoy / Reuters)

Survey: When it comes to using AI as a companion to ask for advice, flirt or share deep conversations, ~ 75% of us adolescents say they used AI at least once (Neda Ulaby / NPR)

Q&A with the anthropogenic co-founder Jack Clark in the parts of the AG economy will affect the last time, why it is relatively lower on economic growth fueled by AI, and even more (Tyler Cowen / Conversations with Tyler)