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A “big week" that starts on Monday includes a March 4 event for press and creators.
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-Despite an ultimatum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei said that it can't "in good conscience" comply with a Pentagon edict to remove guardrails on its AI.

-Block, helmed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is slashing its current staff of 10,000 to "just under 6,000."

-Burger King, the chain that leans into creepy, is at it again. The Verge reported on Thursday that the company is rolling out a new voice-controlled AI chatbot for its workers.
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The AI assistant can be Brief, Chill or Sweet in its communications.
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-Will Shanklin reports that with two stories about the Claude maker Anthropic breaking on Tuesday paint a chilling picture.

-Ian Carlos Campbell writes about Kalshi suspending a MrBeast video editor for insider trading.

-Anna Washenko writes about Instagram adding a new alert for the parents of teen users of its social media platform. The network will alert the adult if their child repeatedly searches for terms about suicide or self-harm in a short time frame.
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The new design uses air cooling and supposedly limits water to on-site kitchens.
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