The U.S. Department of Defense is threatening to cancel a major contract with Anthropic if the company does not agree to revised terms governing how its AI models can be used in military operations. According to officials, the Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to comply. At the center of the dispute are the company’s usage restrictions on its Claude model, which prohibit applications involving mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without human oversight. Defense Secretary Pete...

Databricks has secured $5 billion in new equity financing alongside $2 billion in additional debt capacity, valuing the private data and AI infrastructure firm at $134 billion and reinforcing its position near the top of the enterprise software hierarchy. The company also reported that annualized revenue exceeded $5.4 billion for the January quarter, representing 65% year-over-year growth, while generating positive free cash flow over the past year — a combination that is increasingly rare...

Google is rolling out a new slate of artificial intelligence features for Gmail, signaling a major shift in how the world’s most widely used email platform functions, from inbox to AI-powered personal assistant. The new capabilities, announced Thursday, are designed to help users write more effectively, surface information buried across years of email, and proactively generate daily to-do lists. Google is initially launching the features in English for users in the United States, with plans...