I just listened to a hearing in federal court in California for Anthropic’s lawsuit against the federal government over the supply chain risk designation. It was a brief hearing, but a few things that came up to share: — Representing Anthropic at the hearing was Michael Mongan,
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State AG Coalitions and Tech Litigation Power Dynamics
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This has me wondering if stuff like this will make lawsuits filed by coalitions of state AGs even more powerful. Since they're decentralized by nature, they're less susceptible to being directly influenced. For example, state AG coalitions that are bipartisan are less
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SXSW 2026: Major AI Leaders Absent From Conference Agenda
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While the frontier labs and tech giants will have a presence across various #SXSW panels and workshops, this year's program won't include big names like Sam Altman, Dario Amodei or any of the CEOs from the Magnificent Seven. That could be a good thing for @SXSW attendees and
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SXSW 2026 AI Track Features Third of Conference Sessions
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Ahead of @SXSW later this week, today's @BigTechnology newsletter looks at some of the many AI-related themes, talks and news to expect. This year's “Tech & AI” track makes up almost a third of the SXSW’s featured sessions. See the thread for more from @Kantrowitz and me in this
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Amazon Clarifies Claude Usage Policy for AWS Defense Workloads
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Amazon has now made a similar statement, saying AWS customers & partners can keep using Claude for workloads not related to the Defense Department.
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Claude AI App Downloads Surge 484 Percent in Two Weeks
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Some astounding stats: App downloads for @claudeai are up 484% in less than two weeks.
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OpenAI Researcher Joins Anthropic in Latest Talent Migration
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Another researcher is leaving OpenAI for Anthropic.
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Robots Evolution Since 2018 CES Ping Pong Match
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Robots have come a long way since I played ping pong against one at @CES way back in 2018!! https://t.co/PlM2R0AJed pic.twitter.com/RSKtoPBL4z
— Marty Swant (@martyswant) 3 mars 2026Robots have come a long way since I played ping pong against one at @CES way back in 2018!!
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New Language Bans Domestic Surveillance But Lacks Clear Definitions
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The new language @sama touts here bans “intentional domestic surveillance,” including through commercially acquired data. But how does the contract explicitly define “intentional domestic surveillance,” and how does it define “commercially acquired personal information”? This
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LLMs surveillance concerns echo Apple backdoor fears
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Something that didn't fit into this week's newsletter is how new concerns with LLMs echo the same issues Apple feared. 2016: @tim_cook warned forcing Apple to create a backdoor could make it easier for the government to someday also demand that Apple build surveillance software