Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Pentagon used Claude in its major air attack in Iran, hours after Trump declared that the federal government will end its use of Anthropic's tools  —  Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic …

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket trades on contracts tied to strikes on Iran hit $529M, and six new accounts profited a total of $1M by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28  —  As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.

@openai:
OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon  —  We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and we've made our position on this clear to the Department of War.

OpenAI:
OpenAI says its DOD agreement upholds its redlines and “has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's”  —  We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's.

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