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OSD 366: More on the government as a prohibited person
We got a bunch of good comments on last week’s piece about the Pentagon’s showdown with Anthropic. Let’s dive into them.
OSD 365: The government doesn’t like being a prohibited person
There was a tiff between the US government and Anthropic this week. The reporting quickly turned into a pistols-at-dawn standoff, but it looks like it started as a game of telephone. An Anthropic exec asked some questions in a meeting with ...
OSD 364: Gun control is quietly having a moment
A few months ago, in “OSD 352: ‘Gun rights are winning and nobody has realized it’, 2025 edition”, we checked in on state-level gun control laws:
OSD 363: The AI school shooter
A lot happened in the last few weeks in the world of AI:
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