Newsy.co

HeyStartup

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label.

Google Workspace CLI brings Gmail, Docs, Sheets and more into a common interface for AI agents

What's old is new: the command line — the original, clunky non-graphical interface for interacting with and controlling PCs, where the user just typed in raw commands in code — has become one of the most important interfaces in agentic AI.That shift has been driven in part by the rise of coding-native tools such as Claude Code and Kilo CLI, which have helped establish a model where AI agents do not just answer questions in chat windows but execute real tasks through a shared, scriptable int

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable

Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voice agents to conduct interviews with customers of the companies the PE firms are considering buying.

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with patient scheduling, documentation, and patient verification.

FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.

US reportedly considering sweeping new chip export controls

In an alleged drafted proposal, the U.S. government would play a role in every chip export sale regardless of which country it's coming from.

Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app

With the updated Fire TV app, users can browse and discover content directly from their phone, manage their watchlist on the go, and play titles on their TV from the mobile app.

BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute ‘flash charging’ — but there’s a catch

The Chinese automaker's new Blade Battery 2.0 is capable of charging at up to 1.5 megawatts, dramatically slashing the time it takes to fill up.

Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware

Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Paragon spyware. But the mystery of who hacked two Italian journalists with Paragon spyware continues.

It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk

The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran.

X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.

Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months

Nominal provides hardware testing equipment to defense tech companies. Founders Fund led the preemptive deal.

Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language

The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.

FYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach

Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here's what we're doing about it, and what you can look out for.

EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models

Luma introduced Luma Agents, powered by its new “Unified Intelligence” models, designed to coordinate multiple AI systems and generate end-to-end creative work across text, images, video and audio.

Google says half of all zero-days it tracked in 2025 targeted buggy enterprise tech

Enterprise software was a major focus of zero-day activity during 2025, with security and networking devices, like firewalls, VPNs, and virtualization platforms among the most targeted by malicious hackers.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The AI updates aren't slowing down. Literally two days after OpenAI launched a new underlying AI model for ChatGPT called GPT-5.3 Instant, the company has unveiled another, even more massive upgrade: GPT-5.4.Actually, GPT-5.4 comes in two varieties: GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro, the latter designed for the most complex tasks.Both will be available in OpenAI's paid application programming interface (API) and Codex software development application, while GPT-5.4 Thinking will be avai

Elon Musk Praised Alibaba's LLM. Then Its Leader Quit: 'Bye My Beloved Qwen' (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a response from Alibaba Lin Junyang, head of Alibaba Group‘s Qwen artificial intelligence division, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down. The announcement comes just two days after the company rolled out its updated AI products. Lin posted on X: “me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.” me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.— Junyang Lin (@JustinLin610) March 3, 2026 Don't Miss: This Energy Storage Company Already Has $185M in Contrac

Nashville opposes Elon Musk’s Loop tunnel — a decade later, still no proof it beats a subway

Nashville’s Metro Council voted 20-15 to formally oppose the Boring Company’s Music City Loop, a proposed 13-mile underground tunnel ...