Mike Nicholson
@mikecnicholson.bsky.social
Growth Strategy & RevOps | Marketing & Communications | STS PhD Candidate (Search & AI) | Adjunct Professor | U.S. Army Veteran
Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that AI could be used for mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons. https://cnn.it/4tWJ0wD
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
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,
Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage | TechCrunch
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,
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There’s no such thing as an unbiased chatbot. Academic librarian Raina Bloom @mmelibrarian.bsky.social on how “AI” developers ignore how people actually become informed. From Ep. 51 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, “The War on Knowledge”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Apple runs on Anthropic internally, but did a deal with Google/Gemini for its products.
Apple ‘runs on Anthropic,’ says Mark Gurman - 9to5Mac
Mark Gurman is known as being well connected inside Apple, and he just shared some interesting comments about Apple’s reliance on Anthropic.
9to5mac.com
The latest U.S. defense policy signals that Congress expects expanded multilateral defense ties and deeper cooperation with America's friends and allies across the Indo-Pacific to counter an increasingly assertive China, according to defense experts. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social)
Congress calls for expanded multilateral defense ties across Indo-Pacific
The latest U.S. defense policy signals Congress expects deeper cooperation with allies across the Indo-Pacific to counter an increasingly assertive China.
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this is worth reading! there’s always been a class of throwaway code, but it typically was only accessible to top engineers. AI opens that up to many more but does that mean engineers go away? maybe it’s a complex question
Craig Hughes@craig.rungie.com · 7mo agoPrompted by @timkellogg.me's post, I wrote up some thoughts on AI and the future of work—starting with software developers. We're first in line, but this is coming for everyone. More to write on that later. rungie.com/blog/ai-soft...
"When researchers redesigned AI systems to better resemble biological brains, some models produced brain-like activity without any training at all."
AI may not need massive training data after all
New research shows that AI doesn’t need endless training data to start acting more like a human brain. When researchers redesigned AI systems to better resemble biological brains, some models produced...
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The statute of limitations for violations of federal law is 5 years. Your photographs, videos, and livestreams can be used as evidence in future cases. So while this Administration may not hold anyone accountable, a future Administration will.
So, the answer engine will provide you answers and ads, and presumably over time, when enough money is paid, the answer will be the ad.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7mo agoOpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue ft.trib.al/Weo1oGc
Complete BS - “The world's richest man predicted that advances in AI, energy, and robotics will generate such an "abundance" of resources for all that individuals' retirement savings will be "irrelevant.”
Elon Musk says retirement savings 'won't matter' in 20 years. We asked 7 personal finance and AI gurus what they think. — Business Insider
Updated Jan 15, 2026, 10:01 AM GMT The Tesla board has proposed a pay package for Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion. ALLISON ROBBERT/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Elon Musk sai...
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The norm has been/was about 3-5 COAs with at least one being a throwaway - "It found that at least one of the AI algorithms not only generated more COAs in less time than the humans, but it actually made fewer errors than the humans did as well."
Air Force says AI tools outperform human planners in 'battle management' experiment - Breaking Defense
In a complex multi-service, multi-domain scenario — not typically covered in Air Force training — the best of several AI tools generated tactical “courses of action” not only faster than military...
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DroneHunter is a system that uses AI and radar to identify, pursue and capture other drones through an array of expanding nets.
Pentagon task force to deploy AI-powered UAS systems to capture drones
The DroneHunter 4700 is a lightweight system that uses AI and radar to identify, pursue and capture other drones using an array of expanding nets.
defensenews.com
So this lists AI, Hypersonic weapons, Supply Chain, Counter UAS, and some Navy and AF air platforms.
What Are the Top Defense Technology Priorities for 2026? A Quick Guide
In the latest article from IDGA we take a look at the technologies the DoW is likely to prioritize in 2026.
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Incident reporting under the EU's AI Act will become binding in August, but the draft guidance still misses multi-agent and cascading AI failures, write Natàlia Fernández Ashman, Usman Anwar, and Dr. Marta Bieńkiewicz, urging the European Commission to close the accountability gap.
EU Regulations Are Not Ready for Multi-Agent AI Incidents | TechPolicy.Press
With the AI Act's Article 73 guidelines set to become binding in August, the clock is ticking for the European Commission to address loopholes.
techpolicy.press
Grok stands as the clearest example of an AI that is both ideologically aligned and operationally embedded in a social media platform, says Matthew Kirschenbaum. Its mechanisms should be taken apart under bright lights, in much the same way people learn how to defuse a bomb, he argues.
Grok is an Epistemic Weapon | TechPolicy.Press
Elon Musk's Grok claims to be truth-seeking while shaping discourse and amplifying ideology, argues Matthew Kirschenbaum.
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Microsoft warns Chinese companies, especially DeepSeek, are winning AI adoption outside the West, gaining significant market share in the Global South (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
"About 550,000 accounts were blocked by Meta during the first days of Australia's landmark social media ban for kids." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Meta blocks 550,000 accounts under new law
The new law, which came into effect in December, is aimed at protecting children from online harm.
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Apple has picked Google’s Gemini AI models to power its big Siri upgrade. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models…” www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
SIri, powered by Google.
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We're seeing by far the single greatest surge in Bluesky verifications dating back to the launch of blue checks on 4/20 (nice) Three of the five days with the highest number of Bluesky verifications were in this weekend bsky.app/profile/alex...
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 7mo ago@bskycheck.com presents a different picture. There is an unprecedented surge of verifications over the weekend, and their data shows that the vast majority of the newly verified are British, German, and Canadian elected officials/ political organizations, plus European agencies
Anthropic's stunning growth and the sibling team that's doing AI differently
Anthropic's stunning growth and the sibling team that's doing AI differently — CNBC
Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.
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Chinas Open-Source AI Models Might Be Outpacing American Companies in Cost
China's Open-Source AI Models Might Be Outpacing American Companies In Cost — SlashGear
While companies like Google and OpenAI grab all the headlines, open-source Chinese AI models are getting faster, cheaper, and just as effective.
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