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Mar 6, 2026
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Read full article about: Anthropic officially deemed supply chain risk, CEO Amodei announces legal challenge

The Pentagon formally notified Anthropic on March 4 that the company and its products have been designated as a supply chain risk to US national security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced on March 5 that the company will challenge the designation in court. According to Amodei, the measure only applies to the use of Claude as a direct part of contracts with the Department of War, not all customers.

The dispute escalated after Anthropic demanded assurances that its AI would not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons deployment. According to Bloomberg, Claude is currently the only AI system operating in the Pentagon's classified cloud and is actively used in US operations against Iran.

Amodei also apologized for an internal post that was leaked to the press. "It does not reflect my careful or considered views," Amodei said. The post was written within hours of Trump's Truth Social post, Secretary of War Hegseth's announcement on X, and a Pentagon deal with OpenAI.

Anthropic is offering to continue providing its models to the military at nominal cost until a transition is complete. According to Bloomberg, the company is currently valued at $380 billion and is approaching an annual revenue run rate of $20 billion.

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Mar 6, 2026
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Read full article about: Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake

Anyone worried about an AI bubble now has more reason for concern: Softbank is looking to borrow up to $40 billion, primarily to finance its stake in OpenAI, Bloomberg reports. If the deal goes through, it would be the largest pure dollar borrowing in the Japanese conglomerate's history. The bridge loan would run for about twelve months, with four banks—including JPMorgan Chase—underwriting it. Negotiations are still ongoing.

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is making a massive bet on artificial intelligence. Beyond the $30 billion earmarked for OpenAI, the company has already poured over $30 billion into the startup and held roughly eleven percent of its shares as of late December. To fund these investments, SoftBank sold off Nvidia shares, among other assets.

The scale of AI-related borrowing is becoming hard to ignore. According to the Financial Times, OpenAI's partners have racked up a combined debt of around $96 billion. Bank of America data shows the five major tech companies took on $121 billion in new debt—four times the usual amount. The Bank of England flagged growing risks at the end of 2025, noting that only three percent of consumers actually pay for AI services so far.

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Mar 5, 2026
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Read full article about: Tech giants make non-binding White House pledge to cover AI data center energy costs

Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Oracle, xAI and OpenAI signed a voluntary pledge at the White House to cover the electricity costs of their data centers themselves. The commitment is not legally binding. The goal is to prevent the massive energy demand of AI data centers from driving up electricity bills for households and small businesses, Reuters reports.

President Trump first announced the so-called "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" during his State of the Union Address. The companies promise to secure their own power sources or expand existing plants and cover grid upgrade costs.

Critics like Jon Gordon of Advanced Energy United doubt that new power plants can be built fast enough to relieve the grids, according to Reuters. Especially since the administration is focusing on natural gas rather than faster-to-build solar and wind energy. The initiative comes ahead of the November midterm elections, where rising energy costs are a key voter concern.

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Mar 4, 2026
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Read full article about: Meta signs multi-year AI deal with News Corp worth up to $50 million a year

Meta has signed a multi-year AI licensing deal with News Corp that will pay the Wall Street Journal's parent company up to $50 million annually. The contract runs at least three years and covers content from the US and UK, reports the Wall Street Journal. Meta can use current content for its AI products and tap article archives for training. News Corp already has a deal with OpenAI worth over $250 million over five years. Meta has also signed agreements with CNN, Fox News, and other outlets.

These deals are a mixed bag for the media industry. They bring in revenue for participating publishers during tough times but risk shrinking media diversity by squeezing out those not at the table. They also give platforms more leverage, letting companies like Meta increasingly set the terms. And because contracts are negotiated one by one, they split the publishing landscape in ways that make it harder for the industry to push for better conditions together.

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Mar 4, 2026
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Supreme Court AI copyright decision sounds sweeping but actually settles very little

AI inventor Stephen Thaler wanted the US Supreme Court to recognize a machine as the sole author of an image. The court refused, but the ruling only covers this extreme case. It says nothing about whether people can claim copyright for work they create with AI tools.

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Mar 3, 2026
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Read full article about: Federal AI shakeup: State Department swaps Claude for aging GPT-4.1

Several US federal agencies are already dropping Anthropic's AI products and switching to competitors like OpenAI. According to Reuters, the shift currently affects the State Department, Treasury Department, Department of Health and Human Services, the Pentagon, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. President Trump ordered all agencies on Friday to phase out Anthropic products within six months. The Department of Defense had previously classified Anthropic as a supply chain risk and signed a deal with OpenAI.

The switch isn't exactly an upgrade, though - at least not yet. The State Department is replacing Anthropic's Claude models in its internal chatbot with OpenAI's outdated GPT-4.1 model.

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