{"id":19324,"date":"2026-03-10T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/the-download-ai-iran-war-theater-anthropic-sues-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:14:19","slug":"the-download-ai-iran-war-theater-anthropic-sues-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideainthebox.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/the-download-ai-iran-war-theater-anthropic-sues-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: AI\u2019s role in the Iran war, and an escalating legal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is today\u2019s edition of <\/em>The Download<\/em><\/a>, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what\u2019s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

How AI is turning the Iran conflict into\u00a0theater<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Much of the spotlight on AI in the Iran conflict has focused on models like Claude helping the US military decide where to strike. But a wave of \u201cvibe-coded\u201d intelligence dashboards\u2014and the ecosystem surrounding them\u2014reflect a new role that AI is playing in wartime: mediating information, often for the worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These sorts of intelligence tools have much promise. Yet there are real reasons to be suspicious of their data feeds.\u00a0Read the full story<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014James O\u2019Donnell<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/strong>story<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.\u00a0<\/strong>Sign up<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to receive it in your inbox every Monday.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The must-reads\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve\u00a0combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 Anthropic has sued the US government\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
The AI firm wants to stop the Pentagon from blacklisting it. (Reuters<\/a>)\u00a0
+ The White House is preparing a new executive order to weed out the company\u2019s technology.\u00a0<\/em>(Axios<\/a>)\u00a0
+\u00a0Defense\u00a0experts are alarmed.<\/em>\u00a0(CNBC<\/a>)\u00a0
+.Google and OpenAI staff have filed a legal brief backing Anthropic against Trump.\u00a0<\/em>(Wired<\/a>\u00a0$)\u00a0
+ The company\u2019s stance won many supporters.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

2 GPS jamming has become a crucial battleground in the Middle East\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
The interference is endangering\u2014and protecting\u2014ships and planes. (BBC<\/a>)\u00a0
+ Signal jamming has made navigating the Strait of Hormuz even more difficult.<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomberg<\/a>)\u00a0
+ Quantum navigation offers a potential solution.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

3 A tech journalist found his AI clone editing for Grammarly<\/strong>\u00a0
It\u2019s\u00a0providing AI-generated feedback \u201cinspired by\u201d real writers without their consent. (Platformer<\/a>)\u00a0
+ Could ChatGPT do the jobs of journalists and copywriters?<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

4 Nvidia plans to launch an open-source platform for AI agents\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
It\u2019s already pitching the \u201cNemoClaw\u201d product to enterprise software firms. (Wired<\/a>\u00a0$)\u00a0
+ But\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0let the AI agents hype get ahead of reality\u00a0<\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0
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5 A startup wants to launch a space mirror that reflects sunlight onto Earth<\/strong>\u00a0
Reflect Orbital reckons it could power solar panels at night. Scientists are appalled. (NYT<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

6 Yann LeCun\u2019s AI startup has raised over $1bn in Europe\u2019s largest seed round\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
Meta\u2019s former chief AI scientist plans to build systems that \u201cunderstand the world.\u201d (Bloomberg<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

7 Hinge\u2019s CEO insists the app\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0rate users\u2019 attractiveness<\/strong>\u00a0
Jackie\u00a0Jantos\u2019 strategy has helped Hinge defy the decline in dating apps.\u00a0<\/strong>(FT<\/a>\u00a0$)\u00a0
+ AI companions are stealing hearts\u2014and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0getting weird.<\/em>\u00a0(New Yorker<\/a>\u00a0$)\u00a0
+\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0surprisingly easy to fall into a relationship with a chatbot.\u00a0<\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

8 \u201cAI psychosis\u201d could be afflicting your loved ones\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
If so,\u00a0here\u2019s\u00a0how you can help them. (404 Media<\/a>)\u00a0
+ One solution: AI should be able to \u201chang up\u201d on you.<\/em>\u00a0(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

9 Nintendo is suing Trump over illegal tariffs<\/strong>\u00a0
The gaming giant has joined a lawsuit seeking over $200 billion in refunds. (Ars Technica<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

10\u00a0Bio-tech\u00a0is turning ancient poop into a map of lost civilizations\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
Molecular sensors are finding human traces where physical ruins have vanished. (Nature<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quote of the day\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think any of us, whether it\u2019s me or Dario [Amodei], Sam Altman, or Elon Musk, has any legitimacy to decide for society what is a good or bad use of AI.\u201d <\/h2>\n

\u2014Yann LeCun gives\u00a0Wired<\/a>\u00a0his take on the\u00a0Anthropic\u2019s\u00a0spat the Pentagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One More Thing<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\n

This giant microwave may change the future of war<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"drones<\/p>\n
YOSHI SODEOKA<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

armed forces are hunting for a weapon that disables drones\u00a0en\u00a0masse\u2014and they want it fast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

One solution focuses on microwaves: high-powered electronic devices that push out kilowatts of power to zap the circuits of a drone as if it were the tinfoil you forgot to take off your leftovers when you heated them up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Defense\u00a0tech startup Epirus may have the winning formula. The company has developed a cutting-edge, cost-efficient drone zapper\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0sparking the interest of the US military. And drones are just one of its targets.\u00a0Read the full story<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014Sam Dean<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can still have\u00a0nice things\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas?\u00a0<\/em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

+ Werner Herzog\u2019s\u00a0magnificent movie<\/a>\u00a0about Africa\u2019s ghost elephants\u00a0has\u00a0arrived on Disney+ and Hulu.\u00a0
+ A \u201ccity killer\u201d asteroid\u00a0won\u2019t hit Earth<\/a>\u00a0after all. Phew.\u00a0\u00a0
+ The Met is publishing\u00a0high-definition 3D scans<\/a>\u00a0of over 100 iconic works.\u00a0
+ Marty and Doc from\u00a0Back to the Future<\/a>\u00a0are still BFFs in real life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Send asteroids to\u00a0hi@technologyreview.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can follow me on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>. Thanks for reading!\u00a0
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\u2014Thomas\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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