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03.10.26
BUSINESS
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
BY PARESH DAVE | 3-MINUTE READ
Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk, warning that the fallout could cause a major revenue hit.
● In case you missed it: Anthropic sues Department of Defense over supply-chain-risk designation
OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government
BY MAXWELL ZEFF | 2-MINUTE READ
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
BY ZOË SCHIFFER AND LAUREN GOODE | 2-MINUTE READ
Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
BY MAXWELL ZEFF | 4-MINUTE READ
Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
BY KATE KNIBBS | 2-MINUTE READ
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer
BY AARIAN MARSHALL | 3-MINUTE READ
The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and “eVTOLs” up and running around the country—even if they’re not fully FAA-certified.
CULTURE
Feeld Was a Dating App for the Freaks. Now Some People Call It ‘Normie Hell’
BY JASON PARHAM | 6-MINUTE READ
The app that catered to unconventional kinks is gaining steam among daters with vanilla preferences—and some aren’t happy about it.
SCIENCE
How Can a Locomotive Pull a Long Train That’s Much Heavier?
BY RHETT ALLAIN | 6-MINUTE READ
For railroads, it’s all about managing static and kinetic friction.
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