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This American life, unexpected stories, where you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Secretary of Defense Pete Hague-Seth has declared the AI firm anthropic as a risk-denational security. As NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports, it's an unusual decision that could hurt the company's business. Hague-Seth made the announcement in a post on X. He said, quote, "effective immediately no contractor supplier or partner that does business
with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with anthropic. The declaration is highly unusual. The designation of supply chain risk is normally given to foreign companies like the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
If the band goes forward, it could be a huge blow to anthropic's business with other large firms.
The announcement resulted from a dispute over how anthropic's tools can be used by the Pentagon andthropic wanted restrictions on AI's use for mass surveillance and automated weapons.
“Jeff Brumfield and PR News." In a statement Friday andthropic says it plans to sue the Trump administration”
and that, quote, "no amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position." Open AI CEO Sam Aldman meanwhile says his company now has an agreement with the Defense Department to use its models on the Pentagon's classified network he made the announcement in a social media post. President Trump was in Texas on Friday where he talked about energy, he said he was standing in front of a ship that contained crude oil from Venezuela
and said Texas is at the center of an American energy boom.
"For the benefit of both our nations we're going to refine their oil right here in American, right here in Texas,
and then export it to all over the world." While in Texas, Trump also refused to endorse any of the three Republican candidates running in a primary election in that state on Tuesday. The Justice Department has indicted 30 more people who allegedly took part in a demonstration
“last month, protesting ICE inside a Minnesota church, Attorney General Pam Bandia,”
announced the indictments on Friday as NPR's Meg Anderson reports 39 people, now been charged in relation to the protests. "In a post on social media, Attorney General Bandia said federal authorities have already arrested 25 of the 30 people newly charged in the protest. All are facing charges related to a conspiracy to deprive others of religious rights,
and with interfering with the right to religious freedom." On January 18, protesters disrupted a church service in St. Paul, where one of the pastors is also a local isophical. Bandia wrote in her post, "You cannot attack a house of worship." Videos of the protest, however, show people marching and chanting and do not appear violent.
Several people had already been charged for the incident, including journalists, Don Lemon, a local journalist, and a prominent local civil rights attorney. Meg Anderson and Perenuse. And you're listening to NPR News. The World Health Organization is recommending an update to next year's flu vaccine
to include strains that drove a surge of cases this year. NPR is Jonathan Lambert, as our reports. The WHO coordinates a global network of labs that monitor how flu is evolving. Twice a year, scientists come together to make sense of all that data and recommend updated vaccines. The US historically plays a major role in those meetings.
But in the run-up to this one, it wasn't clear whether they'd even show. Because of that, some experts worried the US could lose influence in shaping the composition of the vaccine. The CDC did send representatives, albeit virtually, to the meeting which concluded on Friday. The updated shot will include several strains that heavily affected the US during this flu season. If approved by FDA, the vaccine will be available in the fall.
Jonathan Lambert and PR News. Target says it will stop selling cereals that use synthetic colors by the end of May, 85% of its cereal sales already come from products that don't contain the dies. The company says it's been working with national companies to update their formulas. And many have complied officials say they will no longer carry cereals that do not remove those dies.
FIFA's president says he has full confidence in Mexico as a world cup host this summer. But FIFA officials are heading to Mexico to review security in host cities there. Mexico was hit with countrywide violence earlier this month after the shooting death of a major drug cartel leader there. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum says the FIFA representatives will be visiting soon.
I'm Dale Wilman and PR News.
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