Dan Schwartzman

The company's CEO wants to ensure its clawed AI model is not used to spy on Americans en masse or used to fire weapons without humans.

Anthropic and the Pentagon have held talks for months on the terms under which the military can use the software, with Claude currently the only AI model available in the military's classified systems.

Elon Musk, SpaceX and XAI are both competing in a Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled autonomous drone-swarming technology that's, according to people familiar with the matter.

The two companies are among only a handful that were selected to compete in the $100 million prize challenge launched in January.

Musk, though, has previously argued against making, quote, new tools for killing people.

The contest is expected to progress in phases, depending on the success and interest of the participating companies.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making the rounds in Eastern Europe, meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest.

While speaking to the press, Rubio was asked about U.S.

efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Peace talks are expected to continue this week.

The stop-off in Hungary follows Rubio's visit to Slovakia and the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

But Hungary and Slovakia represent friendly territory for Rubio as he pushes to shore up energy agreements with both countries.

There could be a second bidding war for Warner Bros.

Discovery.

Its board is reportedly weighing Paramount's new offer, which includes a breakup fee if Warner ends its deal with Netflix and a backstop on Warner's debt financing.

Bloomberg's Tony Juszczyk says Netflix could get the short end of the stick here.

Bloomberg's Tony Zizka says Warner Brothers still has concerns about Paramount's offer, but this is the first time the board has considered it could lead to a better deal.

Bitcoin's looking for a little direction after four straight weeks of losses.

Bloomberg's Monica Ricks reports.

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