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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, The Hill, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The New Stack, The After-Action Report, MS NOW, Flux, The Hill, Neowin, Freedom Frequency, Implicator.ai, and CNBC
X: @deanwball, @whitehouse, @deanwball, @ilyasut, @petereharrell, @boazbaraktcs, @janleike, @jachiam0, @quantian1, @yuchenj_uw, @jerusalemdemsas, @thezvi, @hamandcheese, @pjux, @jasminewsun, @danprimack, @robbysoave, @tszzl, @rhyssullivan, @chrisrmcguire, @sporadica, @rabadash2, @davidafrench, @nickmmark, @brianschatz, @alexolegimas, @tautologer, @janleike, @michaelsobolik, @douthatnyt, @boztank, @johnofa, @emeriticus, @alexolegimas, @petereharrell, @josephpolitano, @123skely, @rvawonk, @chrisrmcguire, @nickbryantny, @tszzl, @chheplo, @memetic_theory, @envisionedluna, @danwwang, @deanwball, @mualphaxi, @thezvi, @jeffladish, @luke_metro, @alecstapp, @sporadica, @josephpolitano, @bpodgursky, @kelseytuoc, @wholemars, @varunram, @natesilver538, @kylesgibson, @deanwball, @mert, @joshkale, @adamscochran, @martinshkreli, @aidan_mclau, @vraserx, @tszzl, @_coenen, @signulll, @afinetheorem, @kantrowitz, @senmarkey, @eggerdc, @sporadica, @gilduran76, @gundo_og, @evanhub, @kelseytuoc, @sethbannon, @bonecondor, @deanwball, @hpierrejacques, @deredleritt3r, @leakerapple, @paulnovosad, @sporadica, @mattparlmer, @petereharrell, @benjamindekr, @gailcweiner, @mreflow, @sethbannon, @rlancemartin, @adam__xyz, @kyliebytes, @robbysoave, @shawmakesmagic, @aricohn, @afinetheorem, @tysonbrody, @rabois, @stevesi, @ginotheghost, @alpha_co, @ginotheghost, @tszzl, @josephpolitano, @drakeevans, @tetraspacewest, @mert, @ericbahn, @0xg00gly, @pfau, @jacquesthibs, @jack_g_nicastro, @alexbores, @jachiam0, @autismcapital, @charliebul58993, @__nmca__, @rushdoshi, @mattyglesias, @emeriticus, @trq212, @shlevy, @mikulaja, @jacquesthibs, @dvassallo, @cixliv, @senmarkkelly, @inflammateomnia, @kevinroose, @eggerdc, @jack_raines, @_nathancalvin, @deredleritt3r, @willdepue, @bealeydier, @airkatakana, @tszzl, @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
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 …
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
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 …
Bloomberg:
Two coalitions of workers, including employees of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, ask their companies to join Anthropic in refusing DOD's demands  —  Anthropic PBC got a vote of support from Silicon Valley workers for its increasingly contentious public-relations battle with the Pentagon …
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”
Washington Post:
Sources detail how the standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic escalated after discussions about using Claude during hypothetical nuclear missile attacks
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
Om Malik / On my Om:
Amazon is paying ~16x Microsoft's price per OpenAI percentage point, while getting none of Microsoft's exclusives, showing the cost of being late in AI  —  My word, the torrent of news keeps coming.  You have hardly had time to digest the news of the $30 billion raise by Anthropic …
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
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Source: India issued a blocking order on February 24 to restrict access to developer database service Supabase; the government did not publicly cite a reason  —  Supabase, a popular developer database platform, is facing disruptions in India — one of its key markets — has been blocked in India, TechCrunch has learned.
Tim Culpan / Culpium:
Sources: TSMC urges clients to apply for N2 production allocation as far out as Q2 2027, with large capacity allotments nearly sold out for the next two years  —  [Exclusive] Clients are being asked to finalize their requirements into mid 2027, with larger customers already booking capacity over the next two to three years.

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