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Plus: Anthropic is still chasing a deal with the Pentagon.

A startup aims to prevent lightning strikes, and the fires they cause.

When Scott Shambaugh denied an agent's request, things got weird.

Enterprise-wide integration is being leveraged to extend today's process automations into tomorrow's agentic workflows.

Plus: How Anthropic's AI is being used for US strikes on Iran.

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But researchers aren't as confident as the company.

Anthropic pushed for moral boundaries. OpenAI settled for softer legal ones, and now it stands to benefit as the Pentagon rushes out a politicized AI strategy during strikes on Iran.

Plus: The US government wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans ...