About this episode

The episode discusses the legal ruling against the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic and various updates in the tech industry.

A judge blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, calling the retaliation illegal. OpenAI, Anthropic and 100+ companies warned the AI cyberattack window is closing, Apple TV got pricier again, Stripe walked from PayPal, and a16z raised $1.1B for hardware. Links A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (Reuters) Judge Rita Lin finds the administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights, acting in "unlawful retaliation" for its criticism, and orders the blacklisting guidance rescinded (The Wall Street Journal) OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft, and 100+ companies warn there is "a limited window" to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks and call for "collective action" (Axios) The open letter asks AI labs to hand their best models to hospitals and infrastructure providers and governments to coordinate and fund cyberdefense; signatories include Google, CrowdStrike, Visa, and Mastercard (The New York Times) Apple TV raises prices in the US, with the monthly price up by $2 to $14.99, its fourth increase in four years; the individual Apple One tier rises $2 to $21.95 (Variety)…

Topics covered

• AI regulation
• cybersecurity
• tech news
• legal issues
• company updates

Keywords

• Anthropic
• Pentagon
• AI cyberattacks
• Apple TV
• Stripe
• PayPal
• a16z
• hardware fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, Pentagon, OpenAI, AWS, Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike, Visa, Mastercard, Apple TV

Books & works: Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, Axios, The New York Times, Variety, Bloomberg, TechCrunch

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