Anthropic’s a two-time loser — and Dubai’s going driverless

Two-time loser: The Pentagon was within its rights to blacklist Anthropic from its contracts, a US appeals court ruled. The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk earlier this year after the company insisted its tools should not be used for fully autonomous weapons systems or mass surveillance, creating a lasting rift with the Trump administration. Here’s more from CNBC.

Going driverless: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority cut the ribbon this week on Dubai Mobility Labs, a testing ground for autonomous vehicles and other futuristic transportation, the government said in a press release. The development is part of a strategy to make 25% of all transport trips in the city driverless by 2030.

No driver, crazy driver, or who the hell’s driving?: There’s no single way to make a car-out-of-control movie, but here are three good models. There’s the anthropomorphic car gone crazy movie exemplified by John Carpenter’s 1983 horror flick Christine. Then there’s the crazy dude driving the car — and usually tormenting another motorist. The Hitcher from 1986 is a great example. For our money, though, the best model is Steven Spielberg’s 1971 film Duel where you know there’s a psychopath behind the wheel of that truck but you never see his face or learn his motives. That’s a lesson Spielberg perfected later in Jaws. It’s scarier when you don’t see the shark, right?

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