2026-03-08
“may become” is doing all the work here, and is the fault of the same tech industry that has been selling the idea of how big the payoff is going to be. Pentagon LOVES being sold ideas, and military industrial complex LOVES getting paid to try and figure them out.
Noahpinion
The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force
They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …
“may become” is doing all the work here, and is the fault of the same tech industry that has been selling the idea of how big the payoff is going to be. Pentagon LOVES being sold ideas, and military industrial complex LOVES getting paid to try and figure them out.
Bloomberg
A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic
Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …
2026-03-07
“may become” is doing all the work here, and is the fault of the same tech industry that has been selling the idea of how big the payoff is going to be. Pentagon LOVES being sold ideas, and military industrial complex LOVES getting paid to try and figure them out.
Financial Times
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models
The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …
“may become” is doing all the work here, and is the fault of the same tech industry that has been selling the idea of how big the payoff is going to be. Pentagon LOVES being sold ideas, and military industrial complex LOVES getting paid to try and figure them out.
CNBC
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk
https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support. — https://lnkd.in/...
“may become” is doing all the work here, and is the fault of the same tech industry that has been selling the idea of how big the payoff is going to be. Pentagon LOVES being sold ideas, and military industrial complex LOVES getting paid to try and figure them out.
Noahpinion
The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force
They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …