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Anthropic:
Anthropic says it'll challenge “any supply chain risk designation in court” and that the designation would only affect contractors' use of Claude on DOD work  —  Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.
@secwar:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company  —  This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our position has never wavered and will never waver: the Department of War must have full, unrestricted
More: New York Times, VentureBeat, The Hill, TechCrunch, The New Stack, MS NOW, The After-Action Report, Flux, Neowin, The Hill, Freedom Frequency, Implicator.ai, and CNBC
X: @deanwball, @deanwball, @whitehouse, @hankgreen, @ilyasut, @petereharrell, @boazbaraktcs, @janleike, @quantian1, @jachiam0, @jerusalemdemsas, @thezvi, @hamandcheese, @pjux, @jasminewsun, @robbysoave, @rhyssullivan, @sporadica, @rabadash2, @davidafrench, @nickmmark, @alexolegimas, @michaelsobolik, @douthatnyt, @boztank, @johnofa, @emeriticus, @alexolegimas, @petereharrell, @josephpolitano, @123skely, @rvawonk, @nickbryantny, @chheplo, @memetic_theory, @envisionedluna, @deanwball, @mualphaxi, @thezvi, @jeffladish, @alecstapp, @sporadica, @josephpolitano, @bpodgursky, @kelseytuoc, @wholemars, @varunram, @natesilver538, @kylesgibson, @mert, @joshkale, @adamscochran, @aidan_mclau, @vraserx, @tszzl, @_coenen, @signulll, @afinetheorem, @kantrowitz, @eggerdc, @sporadica, @gilduran76, @gundo_og, @evanhub, @kelseytuoc, @sethbannon, @bonecondor, @deanwball, @hpierrejacques, @deredleritt3r, @leakerapple, @paulnovosad, @sporadica, @petereharrell, @benjamindekr, @gailcweiner, @mreflow, @sethbannon, @rlancemartin, @adam__xyz, @robbysoave, @shawmakesmagic, @aricohn, @afinetheorem, @tysonbrody, @rabois, @ginotheghost, @alpha_co, @ginotheghost, @josephpolitano, @drakeevans, @tetraspacewest, @mert, @ericbahn, @0xg00gly, @pfau, @jacquesthibs, @jack_g_nicastro, @autismcapital, @charliebul58993, @__nmca__, @rushdoshi, @mattyglesias, @emeriticus, @trq212, @shlevy, @mikulaja, @jacquesthibs, @dvassallo, @cixliv, @inflammateomnia, @eggerdc, @jack_raines, @_nathancalvin, @deredleritt3r, @bealeydier, @airkatakana, @yuchenj_uw, @senmarkkelly, @alexbores, @martinshkreli, @brianschatz, @chrisrmcguire, @tszzl, @tszzl, @tszzl, @tszzl, @mattparlmer, @danwwang, @danprimack, @jachiam0, @chrisrmcguire, @stevesi, @senmarkey, @deanwball, @tautologer, @willdepue, @kevinroose, @janleike, @luke_metro, @aricohn, @fujikanaeda, @josephpolitano, @ericlevitz, @jamessurowiecki, @kevinroose, @jasminewsun, @growing_daniel, @ike_saul, @rcbregman, @cernovich, @repdonbeyer, @eigenrobot, @scaling01, @charliebul58993, @deanwball, @deredleritt3r, @teortaxestex, @thezvi, @jimsciutto, @deanwball, @danprimack, @beffjezos, @s_oheigeartaigh, @peterwildeford, @briana_reilly, and @scottlincicome
LinkedIn: Alison Taylor and Ryan Subers
Bluesky: @brizzyc, @ykomska, @ianbassin, @bbkogan, @edzitron.com, and @alanrozenshtein.com.  Threads: @alexfalcone
Forums: Hacker News, r/Conservative, and r/slatestarcodex
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Claude hit #2 on Apple's US App Store, hours after the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk; it bounced between #20 and #50 for much of February  —  Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence assistant app jumped to the No. 2 slot on Apple's chart of top U.S. free apps late on Friday …
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between DC and the AI industry  —  Trump was silent on another threat that Hegseth had delivered to Anthropic earlier this week, when he suggested DOD would invoke …
Wired:
Anthropic's dispute with the DOD raises critical questions for US military partners like Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and Palantir, which work closely with Anthropic  —  Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
More: Fortune and Blockonomi
Bluesky: @chet95, @drewharwell.com, and @brbarrett.  Forums: r/inthenews
Axios:
President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products  —  The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …
Jo Ling / CBS News:
Dario Amodei says “we are patriotic Americans” and Anthropic fears some AI uses could clash with American values as AI's potential gets “ahead of the law”
Bloomberg:
Two coalitions of workers, including employees of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, ask their companies to join Anthropic in refusing DOD's demands
Sam Altman / @sama:
Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to deploy its models in DOD's classified network and asks DOD to extend those terms to all AI companies  —  Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome. AI safety and wide distribution of
Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
Source: Sam Altman told employees the DOD is willing to let OpenAI build its own “safety stack” and won't force OpenAI to comply if its model refuses a task  —  Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging …
New York Times:
How India's outsourcing industry, which employs 6M+ people and is worth nearly $300B, is racing to adapt as AI promises to automate white-collar work  —  Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse.  The country is racing to adapt before it's too late.
More: Business Today.  LinkedIn: Prabhudev Konana and Paul Mozur
Bluesky: @sumitapahwa and @justinhendrix.  Forums: r/india
About Amazon:
Amazon will invest $15B in OpenAI initially, followed by $35B if certain conditions are met; OpenAI commits to consuming ~2 GW of Trainium capacity through AWS

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