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AI Just Got Political: The New Frontline
AI is no longer just a product decision. It is a political one.
In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.
They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis
This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.
In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.
They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis
This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.
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In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.
They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis
This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.
In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.
They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis
This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.