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Anthropic is doubling Claude's usage limits during off-peak hours for the next two weeks

Engadget

Anthropic is doubling Claude's usage limits during off-peak hours for the next two weeks The promotion runs from March 13 to March 27. To capitalize on Claude's recent spike in popularity, Anthropic is offering a limited-time promotion that doubles usage limits for anyone using its AI chatbot during off-peak hours. From March 13 to March 27, users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans will get double the usage limits in a five-hour window when using Claude outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET. According to Anthropic, the promotion is automatic, and users don't have to enable anything to get the benefits. A small thank you to everyone using Claude: We're doubling usage outside our peak hours for the next two weeks.



Big Balls Was Just the Beginning

WIRED

DOGE dominated the news this year as Elon Musk's operatives shook up several US government agencies. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the brainchild of billionaire Elon Musk, has gone through several iterations, leading periodically to claims-- most recently from the director of the Office of Personnel Management--that the group doesn't exist, or has vanished altogether. Many of its original members are in full-time roles at various government agencies, and the new National Design Studio (NDS) is headed by Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia, a close ally of Musk's. Even if DOGE doesn't survive another year, or until the US semiquincentennial--its original expiration date, per the executive order establishing it--the organization's larger project will continue. DOGE from its inception was used for two things, both of which have continued apace: the destruction of the administrative state and the wholesale consolidation of data in service of concentrating power in the executive branch.


Pentagon taps Musk's xAI to boost sensitive government workflows, support military operations

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Federal Workers Are Being Used as Pawns in the Shutdown

WIRED

"People are scared, says one federal worker. "Is WIRED hiring?" jokes another. Federal workers have grown accustomed to a specific kind of dread over the past year . As of July, more than 150,000 federal workers had resigned from their roles since president Donald Trump took office for the second time, according to . Tens of thousands were also fired. For the past few months, it seemed like this bloodletting was over--but that all changed on Friday. Thousands of employees at eight government agencies were subjected to RIFs, or reductions in force--the government's formal process of laying off federal workers. According to a court filing from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Friday, this latest round of firings has affected more than 4,000 federal employees. The court filing also claimed that the administration targeted the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services the hardest, hacking away at a combined 2,500 jobs across the two agencies and the entire Washington, DC, office of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The Department of Education culled nearly its entire team handling special education, CNN reported on Tuesday . At the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, cuts ranged from a few dozen to several hundred jobs, according to the same filing. Who says their goal is to traumatize people?" says one IRS worker, referencing private speeches given by Russell Vought, the head of OMB and a key architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 who has been the public face of the job-cutting.


Reports of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence's 2025 Spring Symposium Series

Interactive AI Magazine

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence's 2025 Spring Symposium Series was held in Burmingame, California, March 31-April 2, 2025. There were eight symposia in the spring program: AI for Engineering and Scientific Discoveries, AI for Health Symposium: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Revolutionize Healthcare, Current and Future Varieties of Human-AI Collaboration, GenAI@Edge: Empowering Generative AI at the Edge, Human-Compatible AI for Well-being: Harnessing Potential of GenAI for AI-Powered Science, Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering for Trustworthy Multimodal and Generative AI, Symposium on Child-AI Interaction in the Era of Foundation Models, Towards Agentic AI for Science: Hypothesis Generation, Comprehension, Quantification, and Validation. This report contains summaries of the workshops, which were submitted by some, but not all, of the workshop chairs. This symposium aims to advance and diversify the application of AI in emerging engineering and scientific discovery domains. Inspired by progress in large language models, generative AI, and AI-assisted scientific computing, we seek to foster new collaborations between industry and academia to tackle challenging problems in materials, manufacturing, and life sciences. We also plan to explore new directions in human-machine interaction for accelerating knowledge discovery and address related ethical considerations. Through invited speakers, panel discussions, and contributions from researchers with cross-disciplinary expertise, we hoped to cultivate partnerships that drive transformative advances in both AI and scientific research. No formal report was filed by the organizers for this symposium.


A killer targeted men using Grindr, police say. One survived to help catch him

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. A killer targeted men using Grindr, police say. The Grindr logo is seen among other dating apps on a mobile phone screen. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here .


AI lawnmowers cut grass -- and potentially costs -- in National Mall test run

FOX News

The Interior Department tests AI-controlled lawnmowers on the National Mall as part of the Trump administration's effort to save taxpayer dollars and boost efficiency.


Trump's Department of War reveals shopping list of formidable weapons for a potential war with China

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Trump dollar coin design released by Treasury... and it's inspired by the most iconic political photo of the century Top plastic surgeons reveal secrets behind Taylor Swift's'changing' face: 'It is looking very full' Shroud of Turin mystery deepens as surgeon spots hidden detail that points to Jesus' resurrection Hollywood A-listers pay me $50,000 to cure their drug addicted nepo-babies because they can't afford for these secrets to go public I'm no longer sleeping with my husband - and never will again, says MOLLY RYDDELL. I love him, but counted down the moments until he climaxed. Then I couldn't bear it any more and the truth spilled out... so many women feel the same Lori Loughlin's husband Mossimo Giannulli seen with mystery brunette in tiny skirt day after shock split I'm a woman with autism... here are the signs you might be masking, even from yourself Diddy sentenced to 50 MONTHS in prison for prostitution offenses as he's branded a vile and unrepentant woman beater I've loved Taylor Swift for years. I was so happy after trying a trendy new cosmetic procedure. But 10 years later I suffered a devastating side effect... the doctor had lied The'middle-class kinks' saving marriages: Wives reveal the eight buzzy sex trends that revived their lagging libidos - including the fantasy husbands are secretly obsessed with Cake-faced 90s sitcom star looks unrecognizable as she ditches the heavy eyeshadow for an LA errand run can you guess who?


'No smoking gun': Why Eaton fire report didn't name names or assign blame

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. 'No smoking gun': Why Eaton fire report didn't name names or assign blame A resident tries to defend his home from nearby flames during the Eaton fire in Altadena. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . A $2-million county report examined botched Eaton fire evacuation alerts but stopped short of naming officials or assigning individual blame.