February 15, 2026

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those […]

FTC reportedly looking into OpenAI over ‘reputational harm’ caused by ChatGPT

July 13, 2023

The FTC is reportedly in at least the exploratory phase of investigating OpenAI over whether the company’s flagship ChatGPT conversational AI made “false, misleading, disparaging or harmful” statements about people. It seems unlikely this will lead to a sudden crackdown, but it shows that the FTC is doing more than warning the AI industry of […]

FTC reportedly looking into OpenAI over ‘reputational harm’ caused by ChatGPT by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

ChatGPT can turn bad writers into better ones

July 13, 2023
People have been using ChatGPT to help them to do their jobs since it was released in November of last year, with enthusiastic adopters using it to help them write everything from marketing materials to emails to reports.. Now we have the first indication of its effect in the workplace. A new study by two…

Federal court rules Ripple’s XRP token can be treated as a security… sometimes

July 13, 2023

The saga of Ripple Labs, the XRP token, and whether the sale of its crypto token constituted a securities law violation in the U.S. advanced today. In a ruling from the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, Judge Analisa Torres gave a nuanced view on the matter. In summary, after examining […]

Federal court rules Ripple’s XRP token can be treated as a security… sometimes by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes

July 13, 2023

Since struggling e-bike startup VanMoof confirmed it had gone into the Dutch version of administration, there has been a question hanging over the VanMoof bikes out there in the wild. These relied heavily for their operation on a connected smartphone app made by the company. The app controlled a number of important settings and functions, […]

Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch