Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demands to drop AI safeguards

by AI News | Feb 27, 2026 | AI News

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards 2 hours ago Kali HaysTechnology reporter Reuters Anthropic has said it will not back down in a fight with the US Department of Defense (DoD) over how its artificial intelligence (AI) technology is used. The...

$6M AllHere AI chatbot in Carvalho federal probe promised to teach algebra, steer kids to college

by AI News | Feb 27, 2026 | AI News

[[“value”:” “Ed” was supposed to be an AI-powered “educational friend” for Los Angeles schoolkids, telling them how to do their homework, what time school let out and even where to go to college. But the flopped $6 million chatbot – which looked like...

Disability charities warn of “fetishising” AI-profiles on social media

by AI News | Feb 27, 2026 | AI News

Instagram investigating AI profiles ‘fetishising’ disabled people 5 hours ago Jacob EvansBBC News Reuters Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is investigating AI-generated social media accounts that sexualise disabled people appearing on its platform....

Burger King cooks up AI chatbot to spot if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’

by AI News | Feb 27, 2026 | AI News

From hospitality workers to retail employees, the exaggerated “customer service voice”, often mocked in internet memes as wildly different from someone’s real voice, has long been a cultural trope. Fast-food giant Burger King is now taking that voice one step further,...

Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks

by AI News | Feb 26, 2026 | AI News

Anthropic said Thursday it “cannot in good conscience” comply with a demand from the Pentagon to remove safety precautions from its artificial intelligence model and grant the US military unfettered access to its AI capabilities. The Department of Defense had...