Sam Altman Admits Mistake in Pentagon Deal: “It Looked Opportunistic and Sloppy” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly admitted to “getting it wrong” by rushing the Pentagon agreement, promising to add stricter clauses to the contract following a wave of criticism and protests. What Happened In a series of posts on X on …

OpenAI announced Friday (Feb 27) a historic agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (now called the Department of War by the Trump administration) to deploy its AI models in classified government networks, just hours after President Donald Trump banned federal use of rival Anthropic’s technology. The Agreement …

Anthropic has formally rejected the Pentagon’s ultimatum for unrestricted military use of its Claude AI model. CEO Dario Amodei stated that the company “cannot in good conscience” accede to the Department of Defense’s demands. The Rejection In a statement issued on the evening of February 26, 2026, Anthropic declared …

Anthropic Launches Cowork & Plugins for Enterprise: Claude Now Lives Inside Excel, PowerPoint and Slack Anthropic announced the launch of Cowork & Plugins for the Enterprise, a suite of AI tools that integrates Claude directly into the productivity tools employees use every day, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint …

Anthropic Reveals Distillation Attacks by Chinese AI Labs Anthropic has publicly accused three Chinese AI labs — DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax — of conducting industrial-scale campaigns to extract Claude’s capabilities through distillation attacks. According to the company, over 24,000 fraudulent accounts …

Anthropic Announces Historic $30 Billion Funding Round Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI model, has announced a $30 billion Series G funding round, elevating its post-money valuation to an impressive $380 billion. The round was led by GIC and Coatue, positioning Anthropic as one of the most valuable startups …