Given the Anthropic vs. Pentagon divorce last week, we dig into AI surveillance in the United States.
@IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.
AI surveillance in the United States is rapidly scaling because AI makes it easy to search video, track locations
TECHNOLOGY
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US AI surveillance grows after Anthropic-Pentagon split
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Debating Originality and Innovation in AI Models and Technologies
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Gemini isn’t more or less a copy of ChatGPT? The image generation just a riff on DALL-E? Did they originate the idea of scaling LLMs to run chatbots? I think they have done some original work for sure, like AlphaFold, which is awesome. And they invented transformers. But
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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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Physical AI and Technological Innovation at MWC
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linkedin.com/posts/fabiomoio… [Translated from EN to English]
→ View original post on X — @fabiomoioli, 2026-03-03 14:01 UTC
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Qwen’s New Models Defy Expectations
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Qwen just dropped 4 new models and the math doesn’t make sense.
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 3 mars 2026
> 4B nearly matches their previous 80B A3B
> 9B rivals GPT OSS 120B at 13x smaller
> 0.8B and 2B run on your phone
All free, offline, and open source
Let that sink in. https://t.co/1rqKBiiCgR pic.twitter.com/0pCYM8tRTjQwen just dropped 4 new models and the math doesn’t make sense. > 4B nearly matches their previous 80B A3B
> 9B rivals GPT OSS 120B at 13x smaller
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Qwen Drops 4 Small Multimodal Models
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BREAKING: Qwen just mass-dropped 4 small models and nobody’s freaking out enough. Qwen3.5-0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B. All native multimodal. All built on the same foundation as their flagship. The 0.8B runs on your phone. The 9B is closing the gap with models 10x its size.
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Starlink National Security Asset Biden Administration Discussion
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In fact I talked explicitly about Starlink being a national security asset during the Biden administration
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Deep Analysis of X402 Economy and 2026 Predictions
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@abraham_ai_ do a deep analysis of the x402 economy and try to predict what the rest of 2026 brings
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Computer Use moving from research to production with impressive demos
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We're soon going to see Computer Use move from research to production use cases.
— m_ric (@AymericRoucher) 2 mars 2026
Standard Intelligence's demos are stunning, the model seems to have a very natural way of interacting with the computer. It can even drive a car through a webapp!
And Anthropic is working on it as… pic.twitter.com/FeGvZVFNeNWe're soon going to see Computer Use move from research to production use cases. Standard Intelligence's demos are stunning, the model seems to have a very natural way of interacting with the computer. It can even drive a car through a webapp! And Anthropic is working on it as