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UK government pays civil servants to play GTA Online for research purposes
UK civil servants are being paid to play Grand Theft Auto Online as part of a government research experiment by the Department for Education's Policy Lab. The initiative aims to understand public 'lived experience' by observing players and interacting with them, though it has faced criticism for wasting taxpayer money. The experiment is ongoing despite political opposition and the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto 6.
Anthropic is opening an office in DC while battling Pentagon in court
Anthropic is opening its first public policy office in Washington, DC, coinciding with a lawsuit against the US government over a supply chain risk designation from the Defense Department. The company is expanding its policy team to influence AI policy and has launched the Anthropic Institute to research the societal and economic impacts of advanced AI systems.