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How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.

© Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

In January, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth published a memo calling on A.I. to be widely integrated across the military and for A.I. companies to offer their technology without restrictions.
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Iran’s Regime May Survive, but the Middle East Will Be Changed

A badly weakened Iran will no longer intimidate or threaten its neighbors in the same way. The regional impact could be comparable to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

Iranians mourning the killing of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday.
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Trump reveals US destroyed 9 ‘important’ Iranian naval ships — and is ‘going after the rest’

President Trump boasted Sunday that the US has successfully taken down nine Iranian naval ships and “largely destroyed” Tehran’s naval headquarters as well. “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We are going after the...

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Saturday Night Live: Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie makes debut to squealing fans

The star of the gay hockey superhit shows a penchant for physical comedy in an episode scrambling to cover the events in Iran

Saturday Night Live returns from a short hiatus to find the US newly at war with Iran. From behind the presidential podium, Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) wishes “happy world war three to all who celebrate.” After claiming that “Iran has been two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon [for, like, the last 15 years]”, he weaves into the Temptations’ War: “What is it good for? Distracting from the Epstein files!”

As to why the US should attack now, Trump explains: “We had to strike in the early hours of Saturday, which has two advantages militarily. One, it’s after the stock market closes for the weekend. And two, it’s to cause immeasurable fear, rage and chaos in the SNL writers’ room.”

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© Photograph: NBC/Rosalind O'Connor/Getty Images

© Photograph: NBC/Rosalind O'Connor/Getty Images

© Photograph: NBC/Rosalind O'Connor/Getty Images

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