Tootfinder

Summize, which uses AI to let in-house legal teams manage contract workflows within apps like Slack, raised $50M, bringing its total funding to $65M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026…

Exclusive: Summize raises $50M to help manage contracts
The legal-tech startup focuses on in-house contract management.

Slate's unionized editorial staff ratifies a new three-year contract that establishes guardrails around the use of AI in Slate's newsroom for the first time (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/slate-contract-wga-east-ai-protections-1…

Slate Editorial Staff Ratifies New Contract With WGA East That Establishes Bargaining Unit’s First AI Protections
The editorial staff at Slate Media has established AI protections in its union contract via the WGA East for the first time

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Breaking:
hegseth breaking millary contract with charmin ultra untill it will authorize the right to kill with it.

If El Cheato wants to go after corruption here's one that is close to home...
To me this item suggests that we really ought to leave DHS unfunded, permanently.
"Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm"
https://www.theguardian.c…

I think it's reasonable to assume that any tech company that still has a US Government contract, enthusiastically supports the deployment of ED-209s for urban pacification.

The Writers Guild Staff Union, on strike for almost six weeks, has offered a contract proposal to WGA West management, seeking a response by Monday at midnight (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/wga-standoff-wgsu-strike-heated-1236701720/…

WGA Standoff With WGSU Gets Heated as Deal Remains Elusive
The WGA standoff with the WGSU is getting heated as the staffers picket outside WGA negotiations with the major studios.

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/116291826316192778
RECOGNIZE THEIR UNION AND NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH YOUR WORKERS, YOU AI-ADDLED ASSHOLES!!!

@… @… Not really. The only .java files I could find are here:

A look at AI at McClatchy and the negotiations over AI use in union talks; so far McClatchy has refused to include a codified AI ethics policy in the contract (Lucy Schiller/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/fight-over-ai-mccla…

The fight over AI at McClatchy.
“Until we have solid language here, we’re not going to feel safe about the integrity of our jobs—or the language our readers read.”

Anthropic says new DOD "contract language" made "virtually no progress" on preventing Claude's use for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/26/anthropic-rejects-pentagon-ai-terms

Anthropic says Pentagon's "final offer" is unacceptable
The company is facing a Friday night deadline to comply or face potentially huge consequences.

Ich mag Daten - du magst Zahlen?
Dann haben wir eine neue Herausforderung für dich: Wir suchen dich, um den Aufbau und operative Verantwortung für das IT-Controlling voranzutreiben. Wir suchen eine/n IT-Financial & Contract Manager (m/w/d), ein Schlüsselrolle, die maßgeblich an der Gestaltung und Umsetzung des zukünftigen IT-Controllings und Vertragsmanagements beteiligt sein wird.

IT-Financial & Contract Manager (m/w/d)

@… @… Not really. The only .java files I could find are here:

Trump’s Latest AI Contract Clause Scraps Crucial Safeguards https://jacobin.com/2026/03/trump-ai-contracting-clause-safeguards/

Trump’s Latest AI Contract Clause Scraps Crucial Safeguards
A new Trump administration contracting clause would require AI companies like Anthropic to make their technology available to federal agencies “for any lawful government purpose” — even for uses their systems are designed to prevent.

Aubrey, wife deny reports of Cowboys All-Pro 'Fake' contract demands https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/25/cowboys-kicker-brandon-aubrey-wife-10m-contra…

The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce to speed up outdated practices; as part of the deal, military recruiters will get access to Slack (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-…

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski say they have re-signed their Morning Joe contracts with MS NOW through the end of 2029, as their show enters its 20th year (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/morning-joe-scarborough-brzezinski-msnbc-contract…

Scoop: Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski renew "Morning Joe" contracts
The duo re-signed through 2029 as the show nears its 20th year.

No, the Cowboys will not trade for Myles Garrett https://insidethestar.com/no-the-cowboys-will-not-trade-for-myles-garrett

Konate shuts off mentally again. If #LFC is still renegotiating a contract renewal, they should tear it up.

«AI Slopageddon and the OSS Maintainers»
– by console.log()
Good article about the use of AI in open source projects and the problems that arise from it, mainly for the maintainers of the projects.
🧑‍💻 https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2026/02/03/a…

AI Slopageddon and the OSS Maintainers
AI slop is ripping up the social contract between maintainers and contributors essential to open source development. Practitioners have been repeatedly assured that AI would supercharge their communities, but so far that hasn’t been the case. Just look at what happened last month. Mitchell Hashimoto’s Ghostty implemented a zero-tolerance policy where submitting bad AI-generated code

Palestine hunger strikers pause action citing historic victory | The National https://www.thenational.scot/news/25766832.hunger-strikers-pause-action-uk-denies-elbit-systems-contract/

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Sources: CoreWeave is seeking an ~$8.5B loan from banks, backed by a contract Meta signed last year to pay CoreWeave up to $14.2B for its services (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/coreweave-seeks…

"..the required actions to bring back high-income economies within planetary boundaries is very likely to contract their GDP. It is important to say it out loud because the implications for economic organisation are far reaching."
A response to Jonathan Aldred: On the tortuous relationship between GDP and macroecological footprints – Timothée Parrique

Bizar, terwijl de discussie over afhankelijkheid en digitale soevereiniteit nog volop loopt, cruciale infrastructuur afhankelijk maken.
"Terwijl Europese overheden, bedrijven en organisaties juist streven naar digitale autonomie en minder afhankelijk proberen te worden van Amerikaanse techleveranciers, gunt NS het IT-contract aan een Nederlandse dochter van een Amerikaans bedrijf. "

NS besteedt ict deels uit aan Amerikaanse leverancier
Strategische autonomie: Ondanks alle discussies over strategische autonomie kiest NS een Amerikaanse beheerder voor cruciale IT-diensten. „Als iedereen zo handelt als NS, bouwen we nooit eigen digitale infrastructuur.”

Extended Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Margaret Atwood
https://ift.tt/vj5J8tV
Theological and Spiritual Musings in the Works of Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and Other…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Extended Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Margaret Atwood
Theological and Spiritual Musings in the Works of Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and Other Worlds Abstracts are being accepted for an edited volume (under contract) on the theology/ spiritual…

SambaNova, which says its SN50 AI chip runs 5x faster than its rivals and will be deployed by SoftBank, raised a $350M Series E led by Vista Equity and Cambium (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/in…

Years ago, I was working for a non-profit on a contract basis (illegally on their part, since I should've been classified as an employee under state law; that's what we call a red flag, folks). I'd never met the executive directory (ED), but he was in the office one day.
I was showing my boss the kernel driver I'd just gotten working, and demoing it working on the prototype hardware. My boss calls in the ED to show him as well. The ED is impressed. (1/2)

The key growth opportunity in heavy-duty vehicle electrification lies in the integration (or symbiotic combination) of routing, financing, access, energy, contract, and fleet management.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_

One interesting aspect of the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles and buses is how quickly the transition can happen. The total cost of ownership plays a decisive role. However, the barriers to… | Jaap Burger
One interesting aspect of the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles and buses is how quickly the transition can happen. The total cost of ownership plays a decisive role. However, the barriers to entry are high, including higher purchase prices for the vehicles and the need for new infrastructure. This is not only a financial barrier, for which business models are emerging, but also a practical barrier in terms of lead times, grid capacity and charger availability. Furthermore, fleets tend to …

💸 Ex-NYPD Official Indicted for Accepting Bribes From Tech Exec in Scheme First Reported by THE CITY
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/12/kevin-taylor-phil-david-terence-banks-saferwatch-indictment/

Ex-NYPD Official Indicted for Accepting Bribes From Tech Exec in Scheme First Reported by THE CITY
Prosecutors say NYPD’s Kevin Taylor accepted $70,000 in cash and trips to the Bahamas and Las Vegas in exchange for helping Saferwatch try to land an $11 million contract for panic buttons in schools.

Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/another-controversial-land-deal-in-suriname-threatens-the-amazon-rainforest/

Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest
Officials in Suriname are trying to cancel a controversial agribusiness contract that could result in the clearance of over a hundred thousand hectares of Amazon rainforest, risking the country’s carbon-negative status. In 2024, the agriculture ministry partnered with a private company to develop 113,465 hectares (280,378 acres) of rainforest for industrial agriculture in the northwestern […]

Today will be my first full day of g.fast internet (installed yesterday). So far so good. I gave up waiting for FTTP as it's still going to be a few years yet. I went with iinet because they have a 6 months free deal and no lock-in contract. Installer Tristan was terrific.
#Internet #Gfast

FPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol

"The Rise of the Voluntariat" by Geoff Shullenberger (found via D. Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs").
"""
The voluntariat performs skilled work that might still command a wage without compensation, allegedly for the sake of the public good, regardless of the fact that it also contributes directly and unambiguously to the profitability of a corporation. Like the proletariat, then, the voluntariat permits the extraction of surplus value through its labor.
But unlike the proletariat’s labor, the voluntariat’s has become untethered from wages. The voluntariat’s labor is every bit as alienable as the proletariat’s — Coursera’s Translator Contract leaves no doubt about that — but it must be experienced by the voluntariat as a spontaneous, non-alienated gift.
And the voluntariat is not, like the proletariat, the instrument of its own dispossession. Rather, its contribution of uncompensated work accelerates deskilling and undermines the livelihood of those who do not have the luxury of working for free — in this case, professional translators who cannot afford to give away their labor.
"""
#AntiCapitalism

#ICE agents have to PAY BACK their bonuses if they don't work for 5 years, Trump's term is only 4 years
either it's an intentional scam on them or he wants these guys to back the next coup attempt

"I'm writing a book on Actual Play -- and it's under contract!" - Critical Prof
#dnd

The Republicans are truly the party of greed, waste & corrupt misappropriation.
#trump #Republicans
From: @…

A jury has found Edo, a TV ad measurement company, liable for breach of contract and says Edo must pay $18.3M in damages to rival iSpot; Edo plans to appeal (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/edward-norton-ad-tech-fir…

Edward Norton-Backed Ad Tech Firm EDO Found Liable For Contract Breach; Jury Awards Rival ISpot $18.3M For Improperly Obtained Data
EDO, an ad tech firm co-founded by actor and filmmaker Edward Norton, has been found liable for theft and breach of contract by a federal jury in L.A.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Gecko Robotics secures a $71M US Navy contract to use robots to slash repair time for dated ships, as the US races to reindustrialize its aging defense systems (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/gecko-robotics-navy-contract-ship-repair-t…

Gecko Robotics brings its AI to U.S. Navy ship repair in latest next-gen defense tech deal
CEO Jake Loosararian said Gecko is supporting the Navy's push to have 80% fleet readiness by 2027.

Extended Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Margaret Atwood
https://ift.tt/CPOJ9nl
Theological and Spiritual Musings in the Works of Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and Other…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Extended Call for Papers: Theology, Religion, and Margaret Atwood
Theological and Spiritual Musings in the Works of Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale and Other Worlds Abstracts are being accepted for an edited volume (under contract) on the theology/ spiritual…

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

The ProPublica Guild, representing ~150 employees, voted 92% in favor of a strike authorization after negotiating for over two years for its first contract (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/labor-unions/propubl…

ProPublica's Unionized Staff Vote to Authorize Strike: ‘We Are Ready to Walk Off the Job’
The unionized staff at ProPublica voted to authorize a strike Thursday evening, declaring they were "ready to walk off the job" in order to send a message to management.

Sources: OpenAI signed a deal with AWS to sell its AI services to US government agencies for both classified and unclassified work, amid the Anthropic-DOD spat (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-clinches-aws-deal-bid…

OpenAI Clinches AWS Deal in Bid to Win Government Contracts
OpenAI on Friday signed a new contract with Amazon Web Services to sell its AI to U.S. government employees for both classified and unclassified work, according to two people with direct knowledge of the agreement. The contract will allow OpenAI to support the Pentagon through a deal it hastily ...

Rapidly coming to the conclusion that all media should be worker-owned. #propublica

Good news, European countries should buy European (or Canadian) where possible,
https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2025/saab-receives-order-for-globaleye-from-france

Saab receives order for GlobalEye from France
Saab has today entered a contract with the French General Directorate of Armaments, direction générale de l'Armement (DGA), and received an order for two GlobalEye Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, including ground equipment, training and support. The order value is approximately SEK 12.3 billion and deliveries will take place 2029-2032.  

Sources: contract electronics manufacturer Zetwerk plans to file for an IPO in India, aiming to raise ~$550M at a ~$4B valuation; it was valued at $3.1B in 2024 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/zetwerk-plans-conf…

CBS News 24/7's 60-person unionized staff begins a 24-hour walkout with support from WGAE, a week after delivering a strike pledge to management (JD Knapp/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/labor-unions/cbs-news-24-7-wa…

CBS News 24/7 Staffers Begin Bicoastal Walkouts, With Full Support From WGAE
The 60-person unionized staff behind CBS News 24/7 began their 24-hour walkout on Tuesday morning a week after the unit delivered a strike pledge to management.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Sources: several tech companies, including OpenAI, are encouraging the DOD behind the scenes to back away from designating Anthropic a "supply chain risk" (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.…

Silicon Valley Musters Behind-the-Scenes Support for Anthropic
Tech companies have been reluctant to directly confront Trump administration officials over their contract feud with the A.I. start-up.

NBCU sues Group Black, a firm created to direct ad dollars to Black-owned and Black-led media, alleging $35.8M in unpaid invoices and guaranteed payments (Lucia Moses/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/nbcuniversal-sues-group-blac…

NBCUniversal is suing Group Black, alleging breach of contract and seeking nearly $36 million
Comcast's NBCUniversal filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against its former partner. Group Black says it disputes the claims.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-pentagon-anthropic-contract-maduro

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute
Anthropic has not agreed to the Pentagon's terms and defense officials are getting fed up after months of difficult negotiations.

The Writers Guild Staff Union calls a work stoppage, one month before the WGA begins AMPTP negotiations, accusing the WGA West of bad faith bargaining (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/wga-west-staff-strike-ahead-of-amptp-negoti…

WGA West Staff Goes On Strike Ahead Of Writers Union’s AMPTP Negotiations
The WGA West staff has called a strike after negotiating its first contract with union management since September

And speaking of @… , send an email to their president robin.sparkman@propublica.org with text similar to the following:
Dear Robin Sparkman,
I am writing to you in solidarity with the ProPublica Guild. It is past time that you agree to a fair contract, complete with the protections these workers need to continue producing award-winning journalism…

OpenAI and Paradigm announce EVMbench, a benchmark that measures how well AI agents can detect, exploit, and patch high-severity smart contract vulnerabilities (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/introducing-evmbench/

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Sources: Amazon, long the USPS' biggest customer, plans to cut packages it ships via the service by at least two-thirds this fall, when its contract expires (Esther Fung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon…

Paramount President Jeff Shell faces a $150M lawsuit over an alleged PR contract from an ex-advisor who also claims Shell disclosed Paramount's plans to him (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-jeff-shell-sue…

Paramount President Jeff Shell Sued for $150 Million
Paramount President Jeff Shell was sued Monday for $150 million for allegedly failing to honor an oral contract for crisis PR services.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Sources: the English Premier League extends its South America and Caribbean broadcast contract with ESPN through 2031 in a £450M deal, up 25% from the last deal (Matt Hughes/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/f…

The US Army awards Anduril a 10-year contract worth up to $20B to buy its software, hardware, and services; the deal includes a 5-year optional ordering period (Jen Judson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations with Hollywood begin for actors; the 2023 post-strike deals are set to expire on May 1 for writers and June 30 for actors (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/business/media/hollywood-ac…

Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks
The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry.

Source: Apple's Google Gemini deal will be a cloud contract where Apple pays Google; another source says OpenAI declined to be Apple's custom model provider (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8033b1bc-4ffe-47ed-baf0-5abea6a1322a

US PE firm Haveli Investments agrees to acquire a majority stake in business contract software company Sirion; a source says the deal values Sirion at about $1B (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/haveli-buy-majority-stake-contract-…

Letter: 200 Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-…

They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.

eu_procurements: EU procurement contract networks (2008-2016)
A bipartite network of public EU procurement contracts, from 2008 to 2016, between issuing buyers (public institutions such as a ministry or city hall) and supplying winners (a private firm). Contracts are aggregated into annual snapshots, edges are annotated with contract value information. Nodes are annotated with location information, including country of origin.
This network has 839824 nodes and 4098711 edges.

Unionized Hearst staffers represented by the WGA East conducted half-day walkouts on Tuesday after a month of contract negotiations with management failed (Erik Pedersen/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/hearst-magazines-union-walkouts-co…

Hearst Magazines Union Stages Series Of Walkouts After Failing To Reach Contract Deal
Unionized staffers at Hearst Magazines are taking staging half-day walkouts Tuesday after a month of contracts talks with management failed to reach a deal.

Sources: OpenAI agreed to follow laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, and the DOD didn't budge from its demands over bulk analyzing data (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance
Amidst fallout from a dramatic standoff between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a new contract with the Pentagon. But everything wasn’t what it seemed.

Sam Altman says rushing the DOD deal was wrong as "the issues are super complex, and demand clear communication" but we were "trying to de-escalate things" (Katherine Li/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-ame

Sam Altman says OpenAI will tweak its Pentagon deal after surveillance backlash
Sam Altman posted an internal memo that OpenAI is working with the Pentagon to "make some additions" to their agreement.

WaPo terminated the contract of its Delhi bureau chief Pranshu Verma; a source says "there is no clarity if the paper will continue with its bureau in Delhi" (Aban Usmani/Newslaundry)
https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/02/05/what-the-murder-o…

What the ‘murder’ of Washington Post means for India
The Washington Post’s layoffs aren’t just an American media story. As foreign bureaus close and global coverage shrinks, countries like India lose one more watcher – and we’re reminded how fragile journalism becomes when it rests in the hands of billionaires.

More than 200 journalists at Law360 and its sister publications sign a letter demanding that parent company RELX drop its contract with DHS due to ICE's actions (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/law360-reuters-newsr…

Journalists push back against parent companies’ contracts with ICE - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

Sources: Dario Amodei has been holding talks with the DOD's Emil Michael in a bid to iron out a contract governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's models (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/97bda2ef-fc06-40b3-a867-f61a711b148b

Anthropic chief back in talks with Pentagon about AI deal
Dario Amodei holding discussions with deputy to Pete Hegseth to reach a compromise on military use of the technology

Anthropic's $60B in funding, half of which came just last month, from over 200 investors is now at risk due to the company's contract dispute with the Pentagon (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/anthropic-ai-openai-trump

Anthropic vs. White House puts $60 billion at risk
Anthropic has been at the heart of America's business narrative this year, but now it's under siege from its own government.

Dish files counterclaims against Disney and ESPN over the launch of limited-time passes for Sling TV and alleges antitrust violations and breach of contract (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dish-countersues-disney-e…

Dish Countersues Disney, ESPN Over Sling TV Short-Term Passes
Dish Network is firing back at Disney and EPSN in a legal dispute over its launch of limited-time passes for Sling TV

Sam Altman says the DOD affirmed that OpenAI's tools wouldn't be used by agencies like the NSA, and services to them would need a further contract modification (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/openai-sam-altman-pentag…

OpenAI's Altman admits defense deal 'looked opportunistic and sloppy' amid backlash
Sam Altman says that OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its deal with the Defense Department and was making "some additions."

A look at what rights AI companies have in US government contracts, including the "any lawful use" standard, amid the Anthropic-DOD dispute and OpenAI-DOD deal (Jessica Tillipman)
https://jessicatillipman.com/what-rights-do-ai-companies-have-i…

What Rights Do AI Companies Have in Government Contracts?
The Anthropic-Pentagon debate has produced a lot of commentary and very little procurement literacy. Can AI companies restrict government use of their technology? They do it all the time. Whether and how depends on the acquisition pathway, contract type, and terms.

Polymarket is disputing that the US mission to capture Nicolšs Maduro constituted an "invasion", refusing to pay out bets on a contract with $10.5M in wagers (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/985ae542-1ab4-491e-8e6e-b30f6a3ab666

Hybe K-pop subsidiary Ador ends the contract of one member of NewJeans and sues her and Ador's former CEO after the group tried to leave the label in 2024 (Jon Blistein/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ne…

NewJeans’ Label Sues Ousted Member Danielle, ex-CEO for $30 Million
Ador, a subsidiary of K-pop giant HYBE, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against former NewJeans member Danielle and the label's ex-CEO Min Hee-jin.

Sandisk and Kioxia announce a five-year extension of their JV manufacturing contract from 2029 to 2034; the new deal involves SanDisk paying Kioxia $1.165B (Ryo Mukano/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/sem…

Japan's Kioxia extends memory chip JV with Sandisk, receiving $1bn
US partner's access to Yokkaichi plant to last 5 more years through 2034

Ahead of contract talks between SAG-AFTRA and studios beginning February 9, negotiators consider ideas such as an AI "tax" on studios that use synthetic actors (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sag-aftra-ai-ti…

Unable to Stop AI, SAG-AFTRA Mulls a Studio Tax on Digital Performers
SAG-AFTRA is considering whether to seek a contribution to a union fund every time a studio uses a synthetic performer in a film or TV show.

An OpenAI spokesperson says Sam Altman misspoke in saying OpenAI was looking to deploy on NATO classified networks, and that it was for "unclassified networks" (Hyunsu Yim/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-looking-contra…

CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King signed a new deal, providing some stability at CBS News; source: King's current contract is worth ~$15M and runs through May (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/gayle-king-signs-new-deal-wi…

Sam Altman says OpenAI is amending its DOD contract to ensure AI isn't used for domestic surveillance of US persons, the NSA is excluded from the deal for now (George Hammond/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/653fabd7-03da-467a-b2bf-03f226fe2a29
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India to exempt foreign companies from being taxed when providing equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a rule change Apple lobbied for (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co

French IT company Capgemini plans to sell its US subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, whose contract with the US ICE drew scrutiny from French lawmakers (Sybille de La Hamaide/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/french-tech-compa…

Australian AI infrastructure company Firmus signed a multi-billion deal with an unnamed customer to build a Melbourne data center with 18,400 Nvidia GB300 chips (Sharon Klyne/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as Disney CEO before December 31; the board plans to vote on his replacement next week (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/iger-has-to…