Study: AIs frequently chose nuclear escalation

The new Galaxy S26 lineup is here. Remote control for Claude is here. But is Anthropic about to wash its hands when it comes to working with the Pentagon? Could Stripe buy PayPal. Oh, and speaking of AI and war, you might not want to hear how often AI chose thermonuclear war when it was asked to play a wargame.

• I tried the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and need the Privacy Display feature on my iPhone ASAP (ZDNet)
• Gemini is getting its first agentic capabilities (The Verge)
• Exclusive: Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to back down on AI safeguards (Axios)
• Anthropic digs in heels in dispute with Pentagon, source says (Axios)
• Anthropic just released a mobile version of Claude Code called Remote Control (VentureBeat)
• Payments Processor Stripe Expresses Interest in PayPal (Bloomberg)
• AI Models Deployed Nuclear Weapons in 95% of War Game Simulations, Study Finds (Implicator.ai)

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