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1. 19h
   MIT research: AI-altered images can plant false memories

   Researchers led by MIT's Pattie Maes showed participants a set of photographs and later let some of them review the originals while others saw AI-altered versions; on a subsequent memory test, those who saw the altered images were more likely to misremember the originals and were more confident in their false recollections, Gizmodo reported. The article notes that earlier work found deepfakes and AI-generated text could plant false memories about entirely fabricated political scandals, even reducing voting intention. It adds that people are poor at spotting AI hallucinations, and cites Bloomberg's earlier reporting that an internal US Department of Defense investigation concluded overreliance on a Palantir-developed AI system partly contributed to a strike on an Iranian elementary school.

   Gizmodo · 🔥 16
2. 5d
   Anthropic asks full appeals court to rehear Pentagon supply-chain risk case

   Anthropic has asked the full US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to rehear a 2-1 panel ruling from 25 September that upheld the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply-chain risk to US national security, Bloomberg reported. Anthropic argues the majority let the Defense Department act without any pre-designation process and that clear evidence shows the designation retaliated against its public statements on AI safety; Judge Gregory Katsas wrote the majority opinion with Neomi Rao, and Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson dissented. In a parallel California case, Judge Rita F. Lin ruled for Anthropic in August, ordering the government to lift a ban on federal agencies using its technology and calling the Pentagon's motive retaliatory. The dispute began when contract talks collapsed over Anthropic's demand for assurances that Claude would not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons; the Pentagon's CTO said in September that about 90% of classified AI workload had moved off Anthropic.

   Bloomberg Technology · 🔥 0
3. Oct 11
   Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on AI targeting and DOD dropping Anthropic

   In a CBS News Q&A, Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar discussed the Iran school strike and AI targeting, the US Department of Defense dropping Anthropic, AI liability, and effective altruism, according to the interview transcript excerpted by Techmeme. The available material is a partial transcript and summary, and these are Sankar's own claims and positions rather than independently verified findings.

   Techmeme · 🔥 0
4. Oct 9
   Signal's Meredith Whittaker: careless AI use is the real threat, not doom

   Signal Foundation head Meredith Whittaker told the BBC that warnings of AI turning on humanity are "not anchored in science", arguing the more immediate danger is careless use of the technology. She cited a CNN-reported incident in which a chatbot used by US intelligence fabricated information about a Chinese vessel carrying nuclear material, reportedly nearly prompting a military response, and linked Google's Project Maven to a later US missile strike on a school in Iran; Palantir said there is no evidence its software was at fault. Whittaker also said Signal would leave any market, including the UK, that forced it to weaken encryption.

   BBC Technology · 🔥 0
5. Oct 7
   Pentagon's Tradewinds uses 5-minute videos to speed AI 'kill chain' buys

   Tradewinds, a procurement marketplace run by the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), lets companies submit product videos of no more than five minutes describing how their AI offerings address periodically updated "strategic focus areas"; a panel reviews submissions at least monthly, and accepted products gain "post-competitive" status that makes it easier to buy them via vehicles such as Other Transaction agreements. A DOD official says some awards have been made in under a week, and OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are all listed as participants. WIRED reports that 2026 topics seek AI that can "enhance force lethality" and "unleash" AI-enabled agents for joint targeting, including so-called kill chain execution, while earlier pitches on a "culture of responsible AI" and guardrails are no longer sought.

   WIRED AI · 🔥 0

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