The U.S. executive branch has numerous unilateral powers to control AI companies, and it is likely to remain heavily involved in AI governance due to enduring national security narratives and its abil…
Apple Inc. is in talks with news publishers to license content for its AI-powered Siri assistant, according to the Wall Street Journal, despite a history of AI-generated news summaries producing false…
Japan's government is considering incorporating domestically developed AI into the Self-Defense Forces' command and control system for the first time, aiming to speed up decision-making and maintain A…
A federal district judge said the record 'has gotten worse for the government' in Anthropic's legal challenge to the Trump administration's ban on its AI technology. Judge Rita Lin of the U.S. Distric…
A federal judge criticized the Trump administration's case against Anthropic, noting the Justice Department failed to provide evidence justifying the Defense Department's classification of the AI comp…
The U.S. Department of War's Chief Technology Office posted a screenshot on Monday showing a Google Gemini interface with the prompt 'I NEED HELP BUILDING AN AGENT TO CREATE A WAR', intended to showca…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered annual testosterone screenings for all service members age 30 or older and tightened Navy beard-waiver rules, moves critics say prioritize personal aesthetic…
The U.S. government declared war on AI company Anthropic in February 2026, blacklisting it for refusing to allow the Pentagon to use its Claude AI for lethal targeting and mass surveillance. A federal…
The US Department of Defense terminated a $200 million contract with Anthropic after the AI company refused to allow 'any lawful use' of its models, leading to Anthropic being designated a national se…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired most of the Pentagon's civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) workers in January 2025 and replaced them with artificial intelligence, specifically Palantir's…
Todd Blanche, acting attorney general, faced questions in his Senate confirmation hearing about his relationship with President Donald Trump and the handling of the Epstein files, insisting he is not …
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit that broad access to Anthropic's Mythos-class AI models would be like giving 'ballistic missiles to individuals.…
The White House on Tuesday launched Gold Eagle, a new AI-backed clearinghouse designed to pool software vulnerability findings from government and industry and coordinate fixes across U.S. critical in…
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks on a $3 billion F-35 jet sale, amid ongoing US military strikes on Iranian facilities under Operation Epic Fury. The visit und…
UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a global ban on autonomous weapons systems, or 'killer robots,' during the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, stating that decisions to …
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked seven U.S. tech companies for information about their military AI contracts and demanded the Pentagon release full contracts, citing concerns over opaque AI arrangements an…
Court documents reveal tense email exchanges between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Pentagon official Emil Michael, leading to the AI lab's split with the Department of Defense over concerns about usi…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal to allow its AI models for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons led to a federal blacklist, two court fights, and the first export-control takedown of a commer…
Anthropic added a new security measure to its Claude Fable 5 AI model, agreeing to extend guardrails for certain restricted capabilities, after the Trump administration lifted export controls that had…
US President Donald Trump said progress was made in indirect talks with Iran, as technical discussions in Qatar continued between envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The talks aim to convert an in…