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Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms | TechCrunch Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems.

“However, in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values. Some uses are also simply outside the bounds of what today’s technology can safely and reliably do.”

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Random reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell knows what a woman told the FBI about the president allegedly assaulting her as a girl, while Congress does not.

‘I did have affairs’: Bill Gates apologises to Microsoft's staff, calls meeting Jeffrey Epstein a ‘huge mistake’ - BusinessToday Gates said he first met Epstein in 2011 — three years after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution.

“Gates said the presence of other high-profile individuals at meetings “made it easier for me to feel like this was a normalized situation,” adding that he now recognises his association may have helped Epstein burnish his reputation.”

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Pete Hegseth Demands Anthropic Drop AI Safety Guardrails Taking a hit for upholding safeguards probably isn't the worst thing for your reputation.

“… the head of the wannabe War Department met with Anthropic’s founder on Tuesday and issued an ultimatum to drop the safeguards that prevent Claude from being used for dubious and dangerous purposes …”

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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Sam Altman: Know What Else Used a Lot of Energy? Human Civilization The OpenAI CEO, very smart, brushed away concerns about AI's environmental impact with one hell of a take.

Play it again Sam

“There are currently no regulations in place requiring data centers to disclose their water and energy consumption. Furthermore, center employees and business partners are typically muzzled by nondisclosure agreements.”

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Paris prosecutors open 2 Epstein-linked probes and call on victims to come forward Paris prosecutors have opened two new investigations tied to Jeffrey Epstein, and they call on possible victims in France to come forward.

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ET’s fingers

J Damian Vance

That’s one explanation.

DOJ May Have Only Released 2% of Epstein Cache — Despite Bondi’s Claim ‘All’ Files Released, Report Finds In an internal email from 2025 seen by the broadcaster, federal officials said in an that they were “looking at approximately 14.6 terabytes of archived data.”

“… federal investigators expected to process between 20 and 40 terabytes of data seized from Epstein’s properties, including his Florida mansion, New York townhouse, and private island.”

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Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who…

“Nothing at all. Just the executive branch tracking the oversight activities of the legislative branch, then weaponizing that information for political culture war point-scoring.”

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Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

“…ideas Musk has publicized are deeply tied to some of the most notorious violent extremist attacks of the past decade … the 2018 antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and the 2022 racist mass killing of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket”
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Not conviction. Exploitation.

We can’t prosecute pedophiles, it’s Thursday!

How Jeffrey Epstein Manipulated Google Search To Bury His Past Using a mix of search engine experts and “hackers,” Epstein sought to promote his philanthropy so he could bury negative news about his sex trafficking.

“Following his 2008 conviction for sex trafficking minors, Jeffrey Epstein set out to scrub his past from the internet.”

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So we have a clown car government. The DOD and the FAA are not talking about what they are doing. They are acting like children with video games. That’s what caused this shut down. When you don’t put knowledge and experience as your top priority in selecting leaders this is what happens.

FAA closes El Paso airspace for 10 days The El Paso city government issued an advisory early Wednesday that flights at El Paso International Airport are canceled.

“… the action to close airspace over a major U.S. for security reasons over an extended period hasn’t happened since immediately after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

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Olympics Update: Trump Wins Gold in Downhill Presidency “Obama never won this," he boasted.

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Dinosaur Convention Bans All Paleontologists Named in Epstein Files Out of 'Safety of Our Attendees' DinoCon issued a statement regarding the scientists and more named in the Epstein Files, noting they were officially banned from the event.

Bravo

“We do not tolerate those who allow this behavior to go unchallenged within our community.”

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Now finish releasing the Epstein Files Now!

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

“Friday was not the first time there have been moves to stop US viewers from witnessing dissent against the Trump administration.”

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Vive la France!

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA Super Bowl show The song has a verse about liking girls underage and 'statutory' being 'mandatory.'

“Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage,” Rock sings on the track.”

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The Minneapolis tech community holds strong during 'tense and difficult time' | TechCrunch Founders and investors in the Minneapolis tech industry told TechCrunch they've put much of their work on hold to help out their community.

“The line separating me from being a victim of assault is just a chance encounter …”

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French police search X office in Paris, summon Elon Musk for questioning | TechCrunch The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes, including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material.

“French prosecutors’ cybercrime unit said the investigation has now been expanded to cover other alleged crimes, including complicity in possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, privacy violations, and Holocaust denial.”

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SpaceX Just Bought Elon Musk's CSAM Company Elon Musk's SpaceX just bought Musk's AI firm xAI, creating the most valuable private company in the world.

“On Monday, Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX bought his AI firm xAI, whose most notable contribution to humankind has been enabling the mass digital undressing of women and children with its chatbot Grok.”

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Damn. 😡😡

These are the Trump files, aren’t they. It’s looking more and more like Epstein was the junior partner.

ICE pulls over Texas Monthly’s taco editor while reporting in West Texas 'They wanted us to get anxious. It worked,' the award-winning food journalist said of his encounter with ICE agents.

“ a two-time James Beard Award winner …”

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