In orbit, power is free. But everything else is expensive.
artificial intelligence
Posted inNPR
Supreme Court hears challenge to birthright citizenship as Trump attends arguments
A majority of Supreme Court justices peppered Solicitor General D. John Sauer with skeptical questions about the Trump administration’s position that birthright citizenship should not apply to babies born to immigrants in the country illegally.
Posted inNPR
China’s chatbot industry is fiercely competing for customers. Cue the freebies
Chinese AI companies are focused less on being cutting edge and more on attracting customers. That means holiday promotions, and making chatbots useful in everyday life.
Posted inNPR
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s Anthropic ban
The order briefly stops the government from labeling tech company Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” calling that “classic First Amendment retaliation.”
Posted inNPR
Judge says government’s Anthropic ban looks like punishment
Tech company Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI system, is suing the Trump administration over the government labeling it a “supply chain risk.”
Posted inNPR
Anthropic sues the Trump administration over ‘supply chain risk’ label
The Pentagon told suppliers they can’t use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence tools after the company said it would not let its tech be used for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.
Posted inNPR
Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th of its original size.
Posted inNPR
College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don’t always agree
More than three years after ChatGPT debuted, AI has become a part of everyday life — and professors and students are still figuring out how or if they should use it.
Posted inNPR
OpenAI says it shares Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ over military AI use
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says he shares the “red lines” set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic’s escalating feud with the Pentagon.
Posted inNPR
Hegseth threatens to cancel Anthropic’s $200 million contract over “woke AI” concerns
The company’s Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.
