<span>STORY: From Meta allowing AI rivals on WhatsApp to the maturation of the technology…</span><span>This is Tech Weekly.</span><span>:: Tech Weekly</span><span>:: Meta </span><span>Meta announced that AI adversaries will be allowed on WhatsApp for one year. </span><span>It aims to prevent EU antitrust regulators from taking action after complaints from rivals shut down the messaging service. </span><span>The European Commission threatened interim measures last month after Meta blocked its rivals in January.</span><span>Meta has now told the Commission that it will allow rival AI chatbots to access WhatsApp for a fee. </span><span>Anthropic filed a lawsuit Monday to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist.</span><span>It’s the latest move in the AI lab’s high-stakes battle with the US military over use restrictions on its technology. </span><span>The Pentagon gave Anthropic a formal supply chain risk designation on Thursday.</span><span>The artificial intelligence laboratory claimed in its lawsuit that this appointment was illegal and violated its freedom of expression and due process rights.</span><span>Anthropical officials have said they are open to reconsidering negotiations with the U.S. government and reaching an agreement. </span><span>:: Microsoft</span><span>Microsoft is staying true to Anthropic, adding the AI lab’s technology to its Copilot service.</span><span>This is being done to meet growing demand for autonomous agents, weeks after the startup’s new vehicles sparked a sell-off in software stocks.</span><span>:: File</span><span>The tech giant on Monday introduced Copilot Cowork, a tool based on Anthropic’s viral Claude Cowork offering.</span><span>Anthropic’s creation has captivated Silicon Valley. </span><span>This is due to its ability to handle complex tasks like building apps, creating spreadsheets, and organizing large amounts of data with limited human supervision.</span><span>::Nscale</span><span>Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence group Nscale said its value is $14.6 billion. </span><span>This comes after it raised $2 billion in its latest funding round led by Norway’s Aker and 8090 Industries. </span><span>The British artificial intelligence company, founded in 2024, added companies including Nvidia, Dell and Citadel. </span><span>Sources told Reuters that this funding round comes ahead of the AI group’s preparations for an initial public offering.</span><span>For years, tech companies resisted pressure to do more to keep kids off platforms. </span><span>But a growing number of governments are now pushing for aggressive age-checking requirements for social networks and AI chatbots. </span><span>They are spurred on by growing outcry over online abuse, youth mental health and, more recently, the spread of artificial intelligence-generated child sexual images.</span><span>Recent advances in artificial intelligence have increased the effectiveness and reduced the cost of age determination tools. </span><span>Ongoing research in the US shows that facial scanning software was initially an average of 4.1 years behind accurate ages, but is now only 2.5 years behind.</span>
