2026-03-11
Anthropic is simultaneously the most disruptive AI company in the market right now and the one taking the hardest line on responsible deployment. They're now creating an institute that can anchor that conversation publicly
The Verge
Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark, combining its Societal Impacts, Red Team, and Economic Research teams
Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives.
2026-03-09
@UKSovereignAI The timing alongside Nscale's $2B raise is no coincidence. The UK is making a coordinated play for AI infrastructure sovereignty, private capital building the compute layer, public capital funding the companies that run on it. https://x.com/...
Bloomberg
UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board
Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …
2026-03-01
@OpenAI More guardrails than any previous agreement, including Anthropic's', but Anthropic's agreement had guardrails that couldn't be overridden. Yours apparently has legalese that allows them to be disregarded at will. More guardrails means nothing if they're decorative.
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.
@OpenAI More guardrails than any previous agreement, including Anthropic's', but Anthropic's agreement had guardrails that couldn't be overridden. Yours apparently has legalese that allows them to be disregarded at will. More guardrails means nothing if they're decorative.
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 …
@OpenAI More guardrails than any previous agreement, including Anthropic's', but Anthropic's agreement had guardrails that couldn't be overridden. Yours apparently has legalese that allows them to be disregarded at will. More guardrails means nothing if they're decorative.
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 …