At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in the A.I. industry, particularly the involvement of OpenAI and the exclusion of Anthropic at the Pentagon.

It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.

Topics covered

• A.I. industry
• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• Pentagon
• technology
• business news

Keywords

• A.I.
• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• Pentagon
• technology news
• industry updates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Anthropic

Places: Pentagon

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