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Anthropic accused the Trump administration of 'seeking to destroy' its economic value in a lawsuit that marks an escalation in a weeks-long dispute between the start-up and the Pentagon over the military use of its AI technology. ft.trib.al/w4zIMA3

Researchers found that more screen use is associated with reduced cortical thickness in certain areas of children’s brains.

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Trump is using AI to fight his wars – this is a dangerous turning point | Chris Stokel-Walker The technology most people use only as a chatty tool for daily tasks is reportedly aiding US military aggression. And there is not much we can do about it, says technology writer Chris Stokel-Walker

Trump is using AI to fight his wars – this is a dangerous turning point | Chris Stokel-Walker

Pete Hegseth’s Troubled Soul The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon briefings since the war against Iran began “have reminded the world why he is exactly the wrong person to hold the position he does,” Peter Wehner argues:

Trump orders U.S. government to drop use of Anthropic’s technology President Trump made a dramatic intervention in the dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon over use of AI for autonomous weapons or surveillance.

Breaking news: President Trump said he is directing all federal agencies to stop working with Anthropic, blasting the AI company as a risk to national security after a tumultuous week of negotiations between the start-up and the Pentagon.

How Meta Executives Talked About Child Safety Behind the Scenes For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.

EXCLUSIVE: Documents obtained by The Atlantic detail internal battles at Meta over whether protecting kids from sexual grooming should take precedence over platform growth, Kaitlyn Tiffany and Michael Scherer report.

Anthropic Takes a Stand The company is refusing to bow to the Pentagon’s demands.

Anthropic refused to bow to the Pentagon’s demands to remove certain restrictions on its AI. What happens next could amount to the most extreme regulation in the short history of the tech, @willgottsegen.com reports.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

I wrote about the Epstein files and what they tell us about men in academia.

In a field where climbing the career ladder is only possible through a combination of luck, mentorship and networking — the files show the ways sexism and misogyny still hold women back.

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Why are there still so few women CEOs? Poor succession planning and shareholder pressures have contributed to faltering growth in representation

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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous

Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects a month across UK National Crime Agency says rise in child sexual abuse being driven by technology and online forums Child sexual abuse in the UK is soaring, police have said, with 1,000 paedophile suspects being arrested each month and the number of children being rescued from harm rising by 50% in the last five years. The National Crime Agency said the growth in offending across the UK was driven by technology and linked to the radicalisation of offenders in online forums, encouraging people to view images of child sexual abuse by reassuring them it was normal. Continue reading...

Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects a month across UK

How tech turned against women As AI-generated sexualised images proliferate and app-facilitated abuse spreads, we are sleepwalking into a new age of gender inequality. It is time to regulate properly

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“If AI quickly eliminates white-collar work, the country is going to end up in something much stranger than a downturn, and something much harder to recover from too,” @annielowrey.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/zwXGMK4H

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Breaking news: The Supreme Court has ruled that the US president exceeded his authority in imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers.

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‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

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Police arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following Epstein revelations Police raid follows release of documents detailing former prince’s ties to late sex offender

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Judge During Zuckerberg Testimony: Don’t Record Using Meta Glasses In Court Zuckerberg is testifying in a lawsuit accusing Meta of operating platforms that are addictive and harmful to children.

Zuckerberg is testifying in a lawsuit accusing Meta of operating platforms that are addictive and harmful to children.

5. Closed problem spaces Peering into the near future of AI

“Turns out even the robots are going to spend most of their time on email.”

What will it be like to work alongside intelligent machines? Our management columnist learns more on our “Boss Class” podcast

China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be? Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can do Dancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official television broadcast. They lunged and backflipped (landing on their knees), they spun around and jumped. Not one fell over. The display was impressive, but prompted some to wonder: if robots can now dance and perform martial arts, what else can they do? Continue reading...

China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?

Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

Are we losing deep reading in the digital age?

Ross Pomeroy explores how kids reading habits have changed in recent decades.

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UK to tighten online safety laws to include AI chatbots Keir Starmer to warn tech companies that ‘no platform gets a free pass’ after deepfake scandal involving Grok

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KPMG partner fined over using AI to pass AI test Accounting firm has caught several staff members in recent months using the technology for internal exams

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UK’s gender pay gap forecast to persist for another 30 years Trades Union Congress says women have effectively been working for free this year and legislation is needed Women in the UK will not be paid the same as men until 2056 at the current rate of progress, according to a Trades Union Congress report. The gender pay gap, which stands at £2,548 a year, means that women have effectively worked for free so far this year, the TUC said. Continue reading...

UK’s gender pay gap forecast to persist for another 30 years

Opinion | I Left My Job at OpenAI. Putting Ads on ChatGPT Was the Last Straw. Ads on ChatGPT aren’t a bad idea. But they have to be done the right way.

“I once believed I could help the people building A.I. get ahead of the problems it would create,” writes Zoë Hitzig, who recently quit her job as a researcher for OpenAI. “This week confirmed my slow realization that OpenAI seems to have stopped asking the questions I’d joined to help answer.”

Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg

A post-Trump restoration is still possible His presidency may eventually be seen as an aberration rather than a permanent shift

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The scale of the cuts at the Washington Post last week, coupled with the lack of any sense of a strategy other than retreat, is beyond demoralizing, David Remnick writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/QxBcFb

Breaking news: The EU has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI following a public outcry over how its Grok chatbot spread sexualised images of women and children. ft.trib.al/vo4sV5z

5 things to know about the TikTok deal TikTok released some information about the deal Thursday night, but it remains unclear if it complies with a 2024 law.

5 things to know about the TikTok deal