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Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court

It has also established the Anthropic Institute, an AI research initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Most AI chatbots will help you plan violent attacks, Grammarly disabled its generative-AI feedback tool, and Google Play will let you try a game before you buy it

-According to a new study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, in partnership with CNN, 8 of the 10 most popular AI chatbots were willing to help plan violent attacks when tested by researchers. -Superhuman has taken its writing assistant Grammarly on quite the merry-go-round ride regarding its approach to AI tools. -Google Play has introduced a new feature called Game Trials, which will let you play a portion of paid games for free before you commit to buying them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents

The Gemini-powered tools will handle routine tasks on unclassified networks, with classified access in the works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did a DOGE engineer copy the Social Security database? Meta is buying Moltbook and Wordle’s creator is back with a new game

-A whistleblower has claimed that a former software engineer from DOGE said he possessed two databases from the SSA and asked for help transferring the databases from a thumb drive "to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data. -Meta is snapping up Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network for AI agents that has been around since January and remains completely ridiculous. -Josh Wardle is back with a new game called Parseword. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthropic sues US government over supply chain risk designation

Anthropic's CEO indicated last week it would fight back against the government's claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices