Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk metadata from Americans’ phones, the US is still creating a gap between what ordinary people think and what the law allows.
Today, there’s a new edge in legal complexity: AI is supercharging surveillance – and our laws haven’t caught up. Read the full story.
-Michelle Kim
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White House tightens its AI rules amid human controversy
The new guidelines require companies to allow “any lawful” use of their models. (ft$)
+ The Mayor of London has criticized Trump’s behavior towards Anthropic and invited the company to expand in the city. (BBC)
2 A satellite firm has stopped sharing imagery after revealing Iranian attacks
Planet Lab said it wanted to prevent “adversarial actors” from using the data. (Ars Technica)
+AI is fueling conflict in Iran. (WSJ $)
+ The war is adding a brutal new element to the country’s Internet issues. (wired $)
3 The OpenAI-Anthropic feud is getting messy
The Pentagon contract dispute has heightened the deep personal animosity between the founders. (NYT $)
+ Sam Altman and Dario Amodei’s rivalry could reshape the future of AI. (WSJ $)
+ OpenAI’s robotics lead has stepped down over concerns about surveillance and “malignant autonomy.” (techcrunch)
+ Company’s DoD “compromise” brings Anthropic’s fears to life. (MIT Technology Review)
