AI News for March 2, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] US military used Claude in Iran strikes hours after Trump banned Anthropic: The US military used Anthropic's Claude for intelligence analysis, target selection, and battlefield simulations during joint strikes on Iran, hours after President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using the company's technology.
[RESEARCH] AI deanonymizes pseudonymous internet users for $1-4 per profile: Researchers from ETH Zurich and Anthropic demonstrated that off-the-shelf AI models can link pseudonymous online profiles to real identities in minutes, at a cost of $1-4 per person.
[NEWS] AI coding agents are shattering the per-seat SaaS business model: AI coding tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex are shifting the build-versus-buy decision for software, threatening the per-seat pricing model that underpins companies like Salesforce and Snowflake.
[NEWS] Nvidia-backed Firmus signs multi-billion GB300 GPU deal ahead of IPO: Australian AI startup Firmus Technologies signed a multi-billion dollar contract for roughly 18,400 Nvidia GB300 GPUs to be deployed at a new Melbourne data center.
[OPINION] AI made writing code easier but being an engineer harder, essay argues: A viral essay argues that AI tools have dramatically raised baseline expectations for software engineers without anyone formally acknowledging the shift.
[NEWS] LexisNexis says AI fears are misguided, claims proprietary data is unreplicable: LexisNexis global legal CEO Sean Fitzpatrick told Business Insider that investors are wrong to punish the company over AI fears, arguing that model makers can't replicate its authoritative legal content.
[NEWS] Apple readying new AI framework for developers ahead of March 4 launch: Apple is preparing a new artificial intelligence framework for developers alongside its upcoming touch-screen MacBook Pro, set to launch March 4.
[RESEARCH] ElevenLabs leads updated speech-to-text benchmark, Google Gemini 3 close behind: Artificial Analysis released version 2.0 of its speech-to-text benchmark.
[NEWS] Qualcomm launches Snapdragon Wear Elite chip targeting AI wearable devices: Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon Wear Elite chip at MWC 2026, a 3nm processor designed for AI wearables like pendants, pins, and display-free smart glasses.
[OPINION] 'Silent failure at scale': AI risks that could tip business into disorder: CNBC reports on a growing concern among business leaders: AI systems failing silently across organizations, producing plausible-looking but incorrect outputs that compound over time.

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