Empire Strikes Back Vol. 2 Pentagon vs Anthropic⚔️🤖
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Hey,
This week has been a whirlwind — Anthropic refused the Pentagon’s request to remove AI safeguards, Trump ordered agencies to stop using their tools, yet Claude was reportedly used in the recent US‑Israel strikes on Iran.
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CEO Jack Dorsey says AI tools let smaller teams work efficiently; the cuts are strategic, not financial.
Anthropic’s Claude assisted with intelligence, target selection, and simulated battle scenarios, despite Trump’s demands for federal agencies to halt using the company’s technology.
At MWC 2026 in Barcelona, Honor unveiled a smartphone with a robotic camera arm and teased an upcoming humanoid robot.
Accenture has started tracking how often senior staff use internal AI tools and is now tying regular AI adoption to eligibility for leadership promotions as part of its broader AI transformation push.
Burger King is piloting AI-powered headsets in 500 US stores that analyse drive-thru conversations, generate team “friendliness scores,” and assist staff with tasks, sparking debate over workplace surveillance.
🧠 Quick Brain Teaser!
Try this short logic game, and I’ll reveal the answers at the end of the newsletter 🙂
A farmer needs to get a fox, a chicken, and a bag of grain across a river. He has a boat, but it can only carry him and one item at a time.
If left alone:
The fox will eat the chicken
The chicken will eat the grain
How can the farmer get all three across safely?
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📚 What We’re Reading
“AI Won’t Steal Jobs, but You’ll Need to Train For Jobs That Haven’t Existed Yet” - Morgan Stanley
Nvidia to Invest $2B Each in Lumentum and Coherent to Boost AI Chip Photonics
Before you go, here is the answer you’re looking for
Take the chicken across first – leave the fox and grain on the starting side (they’re safe together).
Go back alone and take the fox across.
Bring the chicken back with you to the starting side.
Take the grain across – leave it with the fox (they’re safe together).
Go back one last time and bring the chicken across.
✅ Now all three – fox, chicken, and grain – are safely on the other side!
See you next week!
Haystack