Elliott Bledsoe

WTF happened this week?! DOGE cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities were just subjective decision-making. Anthropic's new Institute consolidates its ethics and research efforts with a public benefit focus.

It is also one of a who's who of AI companies that have granted money to The Linux Foundation to bolster open-source software security. But the move is as much for their benefit as it is altruistic.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-26/
#DOGE #grants #Anthropic #AIethics #Linux #OpenSource

WTF now?! #26 – Thursday 12–Wednesday 18 March 2026

There was no rigour to DOGE cuts to Humanities grants, Anthropic is leaning in to AI ethics and public benefit and AI companies realise they have to make the open source infrastructure behind the internet more secture.

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There was also more acquisitions of AI companies by bigger players, Firefox has hinted at a logo change, Digg was back but now its gone again (for awhile) and more.

https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-26/
#DOGE #grants #Anthropic #AIethics #Linux #OpenSource #Cybersecurity #Firefox #Digg

WTF now?! #26 – Thursday 12–Wednesday 18 March 2026

There was no rigour to DOGE cuts to Humanities grants, Anthropic is leaning in to AI ethics and public benefit and AI companies realise they have to make the open source infrastructure behind the internet more secture.

elliottbledsoe.wtf