The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

Pentagon Picks OpenAI To Replace Anthropic Update (2345ET): Sam Altman on Friday night announced that OpenAI and Department of War have struck a deal in which the DoW will be able to use the company's AI for military applications, and has agreed to abide by the company's red lines regarding safety (which were similar to rival Anthropic).  "Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems," Altman said on Friday night, adding "The DoW agrees with these...

US B-2 Bombers Belatedly Authorized To Use British Bases To Hit Deep Inside Iran In the modern era Britain has always been America's junior partner when it comes to launching Middle East wars, and so in the opening days of Trump's Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran, there was anger in Washington as the Starmer government appeared to waffle and was fence sitting. However by Monday and Tuesday, the United Kingdom is as expected now aligning directly with Washington, having belatedly authorized the use of British military bases to support American operations targeting...