ABOUT THIS EPISODE
We start the episode with a less-than-lightning round through some events of the week, including Block's 40% layoffs, Netflix walking away from the Warner Bros acquisition, and Anthropic's updates to their Responsible Scaling Policy. Then we discuss at length the drama around Anthropic refusing the Department of Defense's contract terms, and OpenAI coming in to accept the deal a few hours later.
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Show notes
Block lays off 40% of the company (~4000 people)
Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal
Anthropic RSP updates
Anthropic vs DoD
- https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario
- "Incoherent" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135
- Dario Amodei's statement https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war
- Google + Open AI Employee support https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/google-openai-workers-push-for-military-ai-limits
- OpenAI takes Anthropic's side? https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/altman-openai-anthropic-pentagon
- Trump & Hegseth tweets https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/27/trump-anthropic-claude-drop/
- Dario Amodei responds https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war
- OpenAI reaches deal with DoD https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/openai-agreement-pentagon-ai.html
- Jeremy Lewin clarifies it was the "compromise" deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/28/pentagon-anthropic-fight-silicon-valley/
- Opinion piece on Anthropic and DoD dealings with AI companies https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself/
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