Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon
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US military leaders pressure Anthropic to bend Claude safeguards
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Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan
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Former EVE Online developers are building a society simulation MMO where your character keeps playing even after you log off
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Recreating a 2010 Experiment
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