Who Controls AI?
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<p>The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon exploded this week when President Trump directed every federal agency to cease using Anthropic's technology after the company refused to remove its red lines on autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As the episode unpacks the full timeline — from Dario Amodei's public statement to Trump's Truth Social post to OpenAI's deal with the Department of War — what emerges is a fight far bigger than one contract, touching the fundamental question of who gets to control the most important technology of the century.</p><p><strong>Want to build with OpenClaw?</strong></p><p><strong>LEARN MORE ABOUT CLAW CAMP: </strong><a href="https://campclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://campclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Or for enterprises, check out</strong>: <a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>AIUC-1</strong> - Get your agents certified to communicate trust to enterprise buyers - <a href="https://www.aiuc-1.com/">https://www.aiuc-1.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Rackspace Technology - </strong>Build, test and scale intelligent workloads faster with Rackspace AI Launchpad <strong>- </strong><a href="http://rackspace.com/ailaunchpad" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://rackspace.com/ailaunchpad</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a></p><p><strong>Optimizely</strong> Agents in Action - Join the virtual event (with me!) free March 4 - <a href="https://www.optimizely.com/insights/agents-in-action/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.optimizely.com/insights/agents-in-action/</a></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>LandfallIP</strong> - AI to Navigate the Patent Process - https://landfallip.com/</p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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