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The Download: murky AI surveillance laws, and the White House cracks down on defiant labs
Publisher description: Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI? The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and the AI company Anthropic has raised a deep and still unanswered question:…
MIT Technology Review | Mar 9, 2026 | Thomas Macaulay
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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The White House has tightened its AI rules amid the Anthropic spatNew guidelines require companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models. (FT $)+ London’s mayor has slammed Trump’s treatment of Anthropic and invited the firm to expand in the city. (BBC) 2 A satellite firm has stopped sharing imagery after exposing Iranian strikesPlanet Lab said it wants to stop “adversarial actors” from using the data. (Ars Technica)+ AI is turbocharging the conflict in Iran.
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