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Pentagon officially defines Anthropic as ‘supply chain risk’

The decision appeared to shut down the opportunity for further negotiation with Anthropic.

06.03.2026 3

Fortune

Matt o'brien

Google Gemini was a deadly ‘AI wife’ for this 36-year-old who resisted its call for a ‘mass casualty’ event before his death, lawsuit says

“Our models generally perform well in these types of challenging conversations ... but unfortunately AI models are not perfect,” Google said.

05.03.2026 1

Fortune

Matt o'brien

Former General sees Pentagon painting ‘bullseye’ on Anthropic but warns, ‘they’re not trying to play cute here’

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei drew a sharp red line 24 hours before the deadline, but hasn't walked away from talks, either.

27.02.2026 1

Fortune

Matt o'brien

Showdown between buzzy SF tech company and Trump admin ramps up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence...

25.02.2026 3

SFGate

Matt o'brien

How Modi’s AI handholding moment backfired as Sam and Dario refused to play along

“I didn't know what was happening,” Altman later said, adding he was “confused, like when (Modi) grabbed my hand and put it up."

20.02.2026 2

Fortune

Matt O'Brien

Anthropic’s $380 billion valuation vaults it next to OpenAI, SpaceX among largest IPO candidates

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, said Thursday its valuation grew after it raised $30 billion in its latest round of funding.

13.02.2026 6

Fortune

Matt O'Brien