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Memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser says Anthropic is "grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google" and overstating its "run rate by roughly $8B" (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic
OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, sent a four-page memo to employees about the company’s strategic direction and competition with Anthropic.

Recall the case of Indiana University Bloomington computer science professor XiaoFeng Wang who was abruptly terminated from the university along with this wife, and had his two homes searched by the FBI. The case is ongoing.
He is a co-author of a recently submitted report dated January 23, 2026 entitled "Trojans in Artificial Intelligence", for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the depa…

Trojans in Artificial Intelligence (TrojAI) Final Report
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) launched the TrojAI program to confront an emerging vulnerability in modern artificial intelligence: the threat of AI Trojans. These AI trojans are malicious, hidden backdoors intentionally embedded within an AI model that can cause a system to fail in unexpected ways, or allow a malicious actor to hijack the AI model at will. This multi-year initiative helped to map out the complex nature of the threat, pioneered foundational detecti…

As of a month ago, half of xAI’s founding team of 12 individuals had resigned.
As of today, that number has grown to nine, meaning that a mere three are left, as Bloomberg points out.
In the face of it all, Musk is admitting that the company is in deep trouble
— and in need of a deep overhaul
https://…

Elon Musk Says He’s Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding “From the Foundations”
Musk is admitting that his AI company xAI is in deep trouble — and in need of a deep overhaul, a surprising admission.

'Later found dead': Dem lawmaker flags explosive Trump allegation in Epstein files - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2675266010/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=6&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsJ2A0SJUMQX4T24#cxrecs_s

"The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI (Victor Tangermann/Futurism)
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-disastrous-earnings-ai
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p58#a260314p58

Sources: China is drafting rules for Nvidia H200 purchases, limiting how many chips local companies can buy and requiring them to justify the need (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-inte…

China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips
Beijing wants to boost domestic industry, but big tech companies need top hardware

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?
Internal sources spoke with The Verge about the recent restructuring at xAI and the direction Elon Musk is taking the company.

More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too. (Charles Homans/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/minneapolis-videos-killings-artificial-intellingence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.Q3FP.6miahXgU-yHJ&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p11#a260215p11

Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/int…

Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online
The technology has been used to create misleading fakes before. But never at this scale.