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Public story · 2026-03-11 · source-backed
The Senate Sergeant at Arms authorized ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot for official use with legislative data — the first time AI chatbots have been formally approved at this level of US government. The three-vendor approval notably excludes Anthropic's Claude, which faces ongoing Pentagon supply chain risk designation. This signals institutional AI adoption crossing into the highest legislative operations while highlighting the political consequences of Anthropic's Pentagon dispute. Yahoo News
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DoD added custom builds of OpenAI's and xAI's models to the secure portal it launched last year with Google Gemini, exempting military versions from consumer data collection (TechCrunch). 1.7 million of 3 million personnel have onboarded, with Grok for Government shipping reas...
MCP now has 97M+ monthly SDK downloads. First-class client support across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and VS Code. Governed by the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under Linux Foundation, co-founded by Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI. AAIF also hosts Goose (op...
OpenAI lost 1.5 million subscribers in 48 hours after rushing a Pentagon classified-network deal hours after Trump blacklisted Anthropic. ChatGPT uninstalls surged 295%. Claude hit #1 on both iOS and Android US app stores. OpenAI VP Max Schwarzer defected to Anthropic. Sam Alt...
Claude experienced a global service disruption on March 2, affecting claude.ai, Claude Code, and all login paths. Nearly 2,000 concurrent reports on Downdetector. Root cause: authentication infrastructure failure from "unprecedented demand" — not the AI models themselves. The...
Defense Secretary Hegseth met Dario Amodei Tuesday and issued an ultimatum: by Friday Feb 27 at 5:01pm ET, lift guardrails for "all lawful use" by the military or face being declared a supply chain risk. Anthropic refuses autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Meanwhile, xA...
The Trump administration is "livid" about Amodei's principled stand on military AI. An Anthropic official contacted Palantir about Claude's use during the Venezuela/Maduro raid; Palantir escalated to Pentagon leadership. Defense Secretary Hegseth is reportedly "close" to desig...
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