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Hayden Field

Hayden Field

Senior AI Reporter

Senior AI Reporter

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    AI companies could stand together to draw red lines on military AI — why aren’t they?

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    Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’

    Anthropic calls its chatbot ‘a new kind of entity’ that might be conscious — and it’s opening a huge can of worms.

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    OpenAI has a new chief people officer.

    Arvind KC, who was formerly Roblox’s chief people and systems officer, has also held senior roles at Google, Palantir, and Meta, according to OpenAI. He replaces the company’s former chief people officer, Julia Villagra, who departed in August 2025 after less than six months in the role. The post had since been vacant.

    Inside Anthropic’s existential negotiations with the Pentagon

    It’s more than just a $200 million military contract at stake.

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    OpenAI reportedly disbanded its Mission Alignment team.

    Members of the team — which was tasked with ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity — have been transferred to other areas of the company, and former team lead Joshua Achiam will take on a new role as OpenAI’s “chief futurist,” Platformer reported.

    ‘Shut up and focus on the mission’: Tech workers are frustrated by their companies’ silence about ICE

    Across the industry, workers describe a ‘fear-based culture’ and pressure to ‘fall in line.‘

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