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March 1, 2026, 7:45 PM

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Ross Andersen / The Atlantic:
Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans  —  Right up until the moment that Pete Hegseth moved to terminate the government's relationship with the AI company Anthropic …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools  —  Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic …
OpenAI:
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”  —  We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.
Sam Altman / @sama:
[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an “extremely scary precedent”, OpenAI rushed its deal to “de-escalate things”, and more  —  I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.
@openai:
OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon  —  We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and we've made our position on this clear to the Department of War.
Om Malik / On my Om:
Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP  —  Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block (the company formerly known as Square), went on X (the company formerly known as Twitter …
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Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28  —  As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity  —  The Israeli startup's platform turns employee workflows into structured knowledge for automation.  —  Guidde, a startup developing …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Ted Sarandos interview on the scenario planning Netflix did before Paramount's final WBD bid, how if Paramount's deal closes there'll be cuts of $16B+, and more  —  When Netflix Inc. dropped out of the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Feb. 26, the news came as a surprise to many in Hollywood.
Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg:
India, home to one of the world's biggest AI user bases, should treat local datasets for AI as a strategic asset to avoid training Silicon Valley for free  —  India is fast becoming one of the world's biggest AI user bases.  The question now is how it can turn that scale into superpower status rather …

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