TNB Tech Minute: Pentagon Officially Labels Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk

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1:01The move could have far-reaching consequences for Anthropic partners and investors including Lockheed Martin Amazon dot com and Google Anthropics said last week it would challenge the designation in court Canada says open AI Chief Executive Sam Altman has agreed to take immediate steps to strengthen safety protocols regarding Notifying police about potentially suspicious use of the company's chat GPT chatbot The Canadian government is seeking changes to how open AI and other digital platforms operate Following reporting from the Wall Street Journal that indicated company employees raised alarm bells about interactions with chat GPT last year involving an individual whom police identified last month as a suspect in a fatal school shooting in Tumblr Ridge, British Columbia An open AI spokesperson said the company is committed to working with the Canadian government News Corp owner of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones news wires has a content licensing partnership with open AI Netflix has acquired Interpositive an artificial intelligence filmmaking technology company founded by Ben Affleck

2:05Interpositive's entire team will join Netflix as part of the acquisition with Affleck staying on as a senior advisor the streaming giant said today Financial terms weren't disclosed Interpositive is building AI tools designed to preserve human creative control over the filmmaking process Affleck said adding that the tool has restraints built in to protect creative intent And that's a wrap on your TNB tech minutes for a deeper dive into what's happening in tech check out our tech news briefing podcast tomorrow morning Exfinity tech support. I can't get Jurassic Park back online without but no worries our Wi-Fi boosted mobile keeps you connected and all kinds of places Cut your mobile bill in half with two lines of unlimited learn more at ExfinityMobile.com Exfinity imagine that watch Jurassic Park with Exfinity Restrictions apply Exfinity Internet required savings comparison based on promotional rate for two lines of Exfinity mobile unlimited versus two lines of T Mobile experience more Verizon unlimited plus an AT&T starter as of February 10th, 2026 taxis fees extra