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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.
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:
After DOD's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk on social media, contract experts weigh in on the ramifications for the company and its customers
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”
@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
More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Hill, MS NOW, New York Times, The After-Action Report, The New Stack, Flux, Neowin, The Hill, Freedom Frequency, Implicator.ai, and CNBC
X: @deanwball, @deanwball, @whitehouse, @ilyasut, @hankgreen, @petereharrell, @boazbaraktcs, @janleike, @jerusalemdemsas, @thezvi, @hamandcheese, @pjux, @robbysoave, @rhyssullivan, @rabadash2, @nickmmark, @alexolegimas, @emeriticus, @josephpolitano, @123skely, @rvawonk, @nickbryantny, @chheplo, @varunram, @kylesgibson, @mert, @joshkale, @adamscochran, @vraserx, @tszzl, @_coenen, @signulll, @eggerdc, @gundo_og, @evanhub, @sethbannon, @hpierrejacques, @leakerapple, @sporadica, @petereharrell, @benjamindekr, @gailcweiner, @rlancemartin, @adam__xyz, @robbysoave, @rabois, @ginotheghost, @alpha_co, @ginotheghost, @tetraspacewest, @ericbahn, @0xg00gly, @pfau, @jacquesthibs, @autismcapital, @mattyglesias, @trq212, @shlevy, @jacquesthibs, @inflammateomnia, @eggerdc, @jack_raines, @_nathancalvin, @bealeydier, @airkatakana, @alexolegimas, @dvassallo, @davidafrench, @mreflow, @sporadica, @aidan_mclau, @kantrowitz, @quantian1, @__nmca__, @rushdoshi, @cixliv, @josephpolitano, @aricohn, @jack_g_nicastro, @charliebul58993, @petereharrell, @memetic_theory, @deanwball, @mualphaxi, @sethbannon, @emeriticus, @boztank, @jachiam0, @douthatnyt, @afinetheorem, @sporadica, @bonecondor, @paulnovosad, @drakeevans, @mikulaja, @jasminewsun, @michaelsobolik, @envisionedluna, @jeffladish, @bpodgursky, @kelseytuoc, @natesilver538, @shawmakesmagic, @afinetheorem, @wholemars, @johnofa, @gilduran76, @deredleritt3r, @thezvi, @alecstapp, @sporadica, @kelseytuoc, @deredleritt3r, @tysonbrody, @josephpolitano, @mert, @senmarkkelly, @yuchenj_uw, @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
Bloomberg:
Two coalitions of workers, including employees of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, ask their companies to join Anthropic in refusing DOD's demands
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
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Israel hacked BadeSaba, a popular Iranian prayer app with 5M+ installs on Google Play, to send messages urging Iranian military personnel to defect  —  Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging …
More: Wired and Straight Arrow News
X: @lukolejnik and @yossibenyakar.  Bluesky: @aly.codes.  Forums: r/Israel
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
Bloomberg:
China faces a dilemma as it looks to balance productivity gains from AI with labor displacement risks due to automation, which could trigger an economic spiral  —  Days after back-flipping AI humanoids dazzled China with a new year performance alongside dancers, a small research firm jolted US markets …
Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Amazon's AI chief Peter DeSantis on plans to use in-house chips, Trainium and Inferentia, to develop AI models more cheaply, and more  —  Amazon's new artificial intelligence czar, Peter DeSantis, is a larger-than-life figure within the company where he has worked since its early days
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.
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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