Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway Summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly defended limits on military uses of AI—saying OpenAI would not support…
Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens Summary Maintainer Dan Blanchard has published version 7.0 of the Python library chardet under an MIT licence after…
Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens Summary Maintainer Dan Blanchard rewrote the popular Python library chardet with the help of Anthropic’s Claude and relicensed…
OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Summary WIRED reports that the US Department of Defense experimented with a Microsoft-hosted version of OpenAI’s technology…
Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan Summary Congress has approved the NASA Authorization Act of 2026, directing NASA to extend the International Space…
npmx package browser released as alpha to fix pain of using npmjs Summary A new open-source browser for the npm registry, npmx, has launched in alpha. The project was initiated…
Broadcom says AI companies can’t make their own silicon any time soon Summary Broadcom’s Q1 2026 earnings call positioned the company as the dominant supplier of custom AI accelerators to…
Google embraces third party app stores and payments to put Epic Games case behind it Summary Google has announced changes to how Android handles third-party app stores and payments in…
What AI Models for War Actually Look Like Summary WIRED reports that while firms such as Anthropic debate restrictions on military use of AI, smaller startups — notably Smack Technologies…
Wide-swath altimetry maps bank shapes and storage changes in global rivers Article Date: 04 March 2026Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10218-yArticle Image: Figure 1 Summary The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite…
