AI & RoboticsNews

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says

Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is not happy – perhaps predictably so – with OpenAI chief Sam Altman. In a memo to staff, reported by The Information, Amodei referred to OpenAI’s dealings with the Department of Defense as “safety theater.” “The main reason [OpenAI] accepted [the DoD’s deal] and we did not is that they cared about placating…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Elon Musk's xAI is undoing Tesla's climate work all in the name of AI slop

Elon Musk’s xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted methane gas turbines across two data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, the facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,300 tons of health-harming air pollutants every year. Meanwhile, Tesla’s latest impact report brags about avoiding 32 million…
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DefenseNews

The US Air Force just used its oldest bomber to attack Iran

First flown in 1952, the Boeing B-52 has seen service in Vietnam, Desert Storm, the Global War on Terror — and now Iran. U.S. forces have hit 2,000 targets in Iran since the opening salvos of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, adding the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers to the air attacks, U.S. Central Command reported Tuesday morning. The long-range, heavy bomber has the potential to…
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ComputersNews

The $600 MacBook Neo is Microsoft’s nightmare

We’ve been hearing about it for a while, and now it’s official: There’s a new entry-level MacBook in town. The MacBook Neo is small, cheap, colorful, and most importantly, available. Apple made some big compromises to get the price down, but now that it’s here, I think it’s coming at just the right time to kick Microsoft right in its, ahem, complacency. We’ll take a quick look at the…
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