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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post....

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images....

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, cor...

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding....

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Who’s really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores 

The Pentagon is playing chicken with Anthropic over who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities ...

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue

Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort...

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models

Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, "unifies every current AI capability into a single system." ...

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter

While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surv...

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AI Breakthrough Feb 27, 2026

Last 24 hours to get TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets at the lowest rates of the year

The lowest rates of the year for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end after today. Prices go up at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't miss connecting with 10,000 founders, i...