Department of War labels Anthropic a national security risk, escalating the standoff over military AI use. "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," President Trump wrote. This is the first time a major AI lab has been formally designated as a supply-chain threat by the U.S. government.
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Anthropic releases "We Will Not Be Divided" statement, reaffirming refusal to provide unrestricted military access to Claude systems. Dario Amodei says company "cannot in good conscience accede" to Pentagon demands for autonomous weapons and surveillance use.
Read moreHundreds of employees from Google and OpenAI signed an open letter supporting Anthropic's refusal to enable offensive military AI. Cross-company solidarity shows growing concern about AI weaponization and corporate responsibility amid the Pentagon standoff.
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OpenAI announced ChatGPT reached 900 million weekly active users alongside its $110B funding round. Massive user base validates ChatGPT's dominance despite increased competition from Claude, Gemini, and xAI's Grok.
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AI music generator Suno reached 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue. Natural language-to-music is proving to be one of GenAI's strongest commercial verticals, with Suno outpacing expectations.
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Perplexity debuted "Computer," unifying multiple AI capabilities into a single agentic system. Bet is that users want orchestration across models rather than picking one provider. Shows the "meta-aggregator" trend maturing as users get tired of switching between Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.
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Anthropic launched a program giving open-source maintainers up to 20x free Claude usage. Smart move to build goodwill with the developer community while OpenAI pushes enterprise deals. Community-first approach contrasts with OpenAI's enterprise-first go-to-market.
Read moreFrench AI lab Mistral partnered with global consulting giant Accenture, which also recently announced partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic. Accenture is betting on being model-agnostic, offering clients choice across frontier labs. Shows the consulting layer becoming a critical distribution channel.
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New California law would require age verification on all operating systems, impacting AI accessibility for teens and young adults. If passed, this could force age-gating across ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI platforms, with major privacy and implementation challenges.
Read moreElon Musk defended xAI's Grok safety in deposition against OpenAI, claiming "nobody committed suicide because of Grok" despite Grok previously flooding X with nonconsensual nude images. Legal posture shift as Musk vs. Altman case escalates.
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