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Online travel stocks rise after report that OpenAI to scale back direct checkouts Shares of online travel agencies surged on Thursday after a report that OpenAI is scaling ​back plans to integrate direct bookings into ‌ChatGPT, easing investor fears that the AI chatbots could event...

Online travel stocks rise after report that OpenAI to scale back direct checkouts... 😀
www.reuters.com/business/onl... #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive | TechCrunch The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the platforms themselves.

🔎 Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive...
techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/g... #GoogleGemini #Gemini

Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop | TechCrunch Adobe is also adding new AI-powered image editing features to Firefly.

🆕 "Adobe announced that its AI assistant for Photoshop is becoming available to users in beta on the web and in the mobile apps." Is this still relevant in the age of AI-powered image creation? 🤷‍♂️
techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/a... #Photoshop #Adobe #AIAssistant

Ex-Meta AI chief Yann LeCun's AMI raises $1.03 billion for alternative AI approach Advanced Machine Intelligence, the startup founded by former Meta Platforms chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, said on Tuesday ​it raised $1.03 billion based on a $3.50 billion pre-money valuation, as it ‌seeks to commercialize artificial intelligence systems built around reasoning, planning and "world models."

Ex-Meta AI chief Yann LeCun's AMI raises $1.03 billion for alternative AI approach reut.rs/4rxMzY4

‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare

🔥‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower: 🚩Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare... 🤨
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #IranWar #UAE #AWSDatacenters #AWS

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain Risk Designation The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.

The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Opinion | The Future We Feared Is Already Here The showdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic is a window into how unprepared we are for the questions we are facing.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The showdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic is a window into how unprepared we are for the questions we are already facing,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.

Anthropic’s Ethical Stand Could Be Paying Off The AI company gave up a $200 million contract—and might be getting something more valuable in return.

Anthropic’s principled stand against the Department of Defense continues to pose enormous risks for the company—but some early indications suggest that it just might pay off, Ken Harbaugh argues.

Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects Cloud vendors are letting customers know that Anthropic's popular AI tools can still be accessed after the Department of Defense blacklisted the company.

🔎 Google said it will continue offering Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work, a day after Microsoft issued a similar statement to customers. 💯
www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/g... #Anthropic #Google #Claude

The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for alternatives.

Quick thread on electronic warfare and how conflicts proliferating all over the world -- including Iran -- have quickly become ALL our problems, because electromagnetic waves do not respect borders:

1. GPS Is Becoming a Casualty of War - Here's What Comes Next

🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/gps-jam...

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT OpenAI is scaling back its plan to introduce shopping directly inside ChatGPT, marking a change in its high-profile effort to put checkouts inside the chatbot. Instead of allowing users to make purcha...

🔎 OpenAI Scales Back Shopping Plans for ChatGPT 😆
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope... #ChatGPT #ChatGPTShopping #OpenAI

CNN Investigates: How Iran strikes have damaged US military sites | CNN Satellite images and videos show the extent of the damage to US military facilities in the Middle East from Iranian attacks. CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi reports

CNN Investigates: How Iran strikes have damaged US military sites
edition.cnn.com/2026/03/03/w...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: Right now! 🚩Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley. 😎
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ChatGPT #OpenAI #SamAltman

AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars Untangling the Anthropic-Pentagon—OpenAI-Iran news cycle.

AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars:
🚩 Untangling the Anthropic-Pentagon — OpenAI-Iran news cycle.
www.theverge.com/column/88890... #Anthropic #OpenAI #Pentagon #IranWar

TikTok as a search engine: How consumers and businesses use it | Adobe Discover how consumers and small businesses in the US use TikTok for search and what it means for marketing strategies

🔎 Using TikTok as a search engine: Consumer and business perspectives 👉 Explore how people search on TikTok and how brands are adapting their strategies
www.adobe.com/express/lear... #TikTok #SEO

Claude is down. Here's what Anthropic told us. This is what's happening.

Surprised by the success… 😎 👉 "Claude is down. Here's what Anthropic told us."
sea.mashable.com/tech/42407/c... #Claude #Anthropic

🔎 Researchers at Georgetown University have analyzed thousands of procurement requests from the Chinese People's Liberation Army. 🚩The documents reveal the extent to which Beijing has already tested AI for military purposes.
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas... #China #Drones #AutonomousWeapons

The Pentagon’s Claude Use in Iran Is a Reminder that Anthropic Never Objected to Military Use The company objected to hypothetical future use cases, not anything the military is currently doing.

The Pentagon’s Claude Use in Iran Is a Reminder that Anthropic Never Objected to Military Use gizmodo.com/the-pentagon...

Centcom update on Operation Epic Fail
www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-...

Israeli strikes rock Tehran as Iran's counterattacks widen after the killing of its supreme leader An explosion rocked Iran’s capital as Israel said it would carry out “non-stop strikes” against its leaders and military.

BREAKING: President Trump, in a video message, says "there will likely be more" U.S. service members killed in Iran conflict before it ends.

Claude is the Number 2 Free App in Apple’s App Store Now Has Donald Trump brought about Claudemania?

Claude is the Number 2 Free App in Apple’s App Store Now gizmodo.com/claude-is-th...

OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership OpenAI and Amazon announce a strategic partnership bringing OpenAI’s Frontier platform to AWS, expanding AI infrastructure, custom models, and enterprise AI agents.

🔥OpenAI and Amazon announce strategic partnership: 🚩Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI will co-create a Stateful Runtime Environment powered by OpenAI models to build generative AI applications and agents at production scale.
openai.com/index/amazon... #OpenAI #Amazon #AWS

EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce The job cuts are occurring across the company, and are a result of its push to focus on "strategic priorities," eBay said.

EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce

Fake News. Newsday.com/matt

Exclusive: Google to test changes to search results, source says as EU fine looms Alphabet's Google is poised to start testing changes to its search results to give rivals more prominence, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, seeking to avoid an EU fine f...

🔎 Google is set to test changes in displaying search results to level the playing field with rivals as it seeks to avoid an EU fine for prioritizing its services in searches for hotels, flights and restaurants. 💯
www.reuters.com/world/google... #GoogleSearch #Google #SEO #DigitalMarketsAct

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential.

This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up:
🚩Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential.
www.wired.com/story/ai-lab... #ScoutAI #LethalWeapons #AI

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations: 🚩Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases... 🤨
www.newscientist.com/article/2516... #Skynet #OpenAI #Anthropic #Google

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much With public sentiment on AI resoundly negative, the tech CEOs pushing the new tech only seem to be doubling down.

"It's extremely hurtful, frankly."

OpenClaw creator's advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve | TechCrunch Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more "playful" makes for a better way to learn AI coding.

Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and now at OpenAI, advises those experimenting with AI: 👉Explore, be playful, and don't expect to be an expert right away. 🙌
techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/o... #OpenClaw #OpenAI