The 8 biggest stories of 25 September

Claude World 25 Sep Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s Claude ban Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal Tap to read →

Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s Claude ban

Claude World Safety & Policy 1/8 · Safety & Policy The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Claude. The decision comes a month after another federal court ruled that the ban is illegal. Source: SiliconANGLE · 25 Sep Read the full story

Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

Claude World Safety & Policy 2/8 · Safety & Policy A US appeals court today approved the Department of Defense's blacklisting of Anthropic technology. Source: Ars Technica · 25 Sep Read the full story

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Claude World Anthropic 3/8 · Anthropic Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, Akamai said Thursday. Source: TechCrunch · 25 Sep Read the full story

Meta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic

Claude World Anthropic 4/8 · Anthropic When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Source: TechCrunch · 25 Sep Read the full story

Nor'easter warning: I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Muse how bad it's going to get this weekend

Claude World Apps & Features 5/8 · Apps & Features Mother Nature’s undefeated streak in disrupting my weekend plans is highly impressive. Source: Tom's Guide · 25 Sep Read the full story

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO

Claude World Anthropic 6/8 · Anthropic Anthropic’s founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. Source: TechCrunch · 25 Sep Read the full story

Claude Code deleted 48,000 files in 103 seconds in a dire AI agent warning

Claude World Claude Code 7/8 · Claude Code A developer says Claude Code just deleted 48,000 of their vital files The incident occurred in just 103 seconds after the AI agent was set to work It’s a serious warning over the damage an… Source: TechRadar · 25 Sep Read the full story

ChatGPT-6 or Claude Opus 5.5? Here’s which AI I'd use for writing, planning and 5 other everyday tasks

Claude World Models 8/8 · Models ChatGPT-6 and Claude Opus 5.5 arrived within days of each other, and after testing them side by side, I learned that choosing between them isn't as simple as picking a model. Source: Tom's Guide · 25 Sep Read the full story

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