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Jon Keegan
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A blow-by-blow catch-up on how Trump vs. Anthropic has unfolded
A consequential week punctuated by war highlights the deep rifts that exist between Silicon Valley and Washington. Source: Sherwood News.
Delays in permitting, power, and zoning cause first drop in data center construction since 2020
Community engagement is another factor that led to the decline, despite strong demand. Source: Sherwood News.
Google drops new Nano Banana
The updated image generation model features improved text rendering and translation and “advanced world knowledge.” Source: Sherwood News.
OpenAI may need to IPO or achieve AGI to get all of Amazon’s $50 billion investment
As part of OpenAI’s $100 billion fundraising round, a large part of Amazon’s investment could depend on the company achieving one of two difficult goals….
Anthropic doesn’t want Claude controlling autonomous weapons. The Pentagon may not give them a choice.
A looming Friday deadline to get onboard with the Pentagon’s demands could lead to an unraveling of years of the company’s work with the government. Source:…
xAI’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed
The lawsuit accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets by hiring key engineers. Source: Sherwood News.
Chinese drone-maker DJI sues to overturn FCC foreign drone ban
The FCC’s move to ban all foreign drones and components is being challenged in federal court. Source: Sherwood News.
Anthropic follows OpenAI in rolling out agentic tools for enterprise
Just a day after OpenAI rolled out its agentic platform for enterprise, Anthropic has announced its own. Built from existing pieces of Anthropic tech that…
24,000 fake Claude accounts
Anthropic says that it disrupted “industrial scale” distillation attacks conducted by Chinese AI labs DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, which used 24,000 fake accounts. Source: Sherwood…
Report: OpenAI’s Stargate has been a chaotic mess
Despite launching with great fanfare, OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project has been plagued by partner disagreements and missed goals, according to a new report…