{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Google to provide AI models to Pentagon for classified work Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) models for classified work, despite concerns raised by hundreds of employees this week over the terms of the agreement. © AP The Pentagon reached...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk vs. Altman: Tech titans face off in court Tesla CEO Elon Musk's fight against OpenAI C Sam Altman kicked off Monday, as the years-long feud between the two tech titans comes to a head at a trial over the ChatGPT maker’s corporate structure. © Greg Nash Musk, who...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are poised to face off in court Monday, as the yearslong feud between the two tech titans comes to a head at a trial over the ChatGPT maker’s corporate structure. Musk, who helped found OpenAI in 2015 before leaving and later launching his own AI company,...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Soldier’s arrest in alleged prediction market bet spotlights risks for military The arrest of a U.S. soldier accused of using classified information to place a bet on Polymarket on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is stoking new fears over how betting markets could threaten national security in...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday she has vetoed legislation that would have banned the development of large-scale data centers in the state for the next year-and-a-half, issuing a blow to the local anti-data center push growing across America. Mills, who is running for the U.S. Senate, wrote in a letter Friday to the...

The arrest of a U.S. soldier accused of using classified information to place a prediction market bet on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is stoking new fears over how betting markets could threaten national security in high-stake situations. Lawmakers have raised concerns for months over the legal and ethical dangers surrounding prediction markets, and...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Anthropic becomes impossible for White House to ignore Anthropic’s new Mythos model is keeping the company’s foot in the White House’s door despite the Trump administration blacklisting the firm’s products from military and government work earlier this year. © Prakash Singh, Bloomberg via Getty Images Mythos, Anthropic’s most...

President Trump’s pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has withdrawn his nomination after waiting more than a year for Senate confirmation. An aide with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs told The Hill the committee is aware Sean Plankey requested his nomination be withdrawn but had not yet...

Anthropic’s new Mythos model is keeping the company’s foot in the White House’s door despite the Trump administration blacklisting the firm’s products from military and government work earlier this year. Mythos, Anthropic’s most advanced model to date, has drawn interest from various parts of the federal government, giving the artificial intelligence firm a chance to...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Anti-data center measures gain steam at state, local level Measures seeking to block or rein in data center construction are gaining momentum at the state and local level, as Americans increasingly sour on the massive buildout of AI infrastructure in their communities. © AP The Maine legislature became...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Florida attorney general subpoeans OpenAI Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot, serving the company with subpoenas. © Rebecca Blackwell, Associated Press Uthmeier, who initially opened a probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT earlier this month, said at a...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story National Science Foundation faces uncertain future as Trump seeks cuts The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) future is in limbo as President Trump pushes for more budget cuts and his nominee to helm the research agency awaits Senate confirmation. © Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press Since Trump’s return to the...