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March 10, 2026, 7:30 AM

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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Google DeepMind Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and 30+ staffers from OpenAI and Google file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its legal fight with US DOD  —  Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
Jack Queen / Reuters:
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, saying the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights  —  Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist …
Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: the White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI tools  —  The White House is preparing an executive order formally instructing the federal government to rip out Anthropic's AI from its operations, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Filing: Anthropic says it had $5B+ in all-time revenue since 2023 and could lose billions after clients paused deal talks due to supply-chain risk designation  —  Executives at the AI startup say companies paused deal talks after the Trump administration labeled it a supply-chain risk …
David Gewirtz / ZDNET:
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a code review could average $15-$25 in token usage  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests.  — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Yann LeCun's Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs raised a $1.03B seed at a $3.5B pre-money valuation to work on world models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round  —  Meta's former chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has raised more than $1bn for his new start-up in Europe's largest ever seed funding round.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Jay Graber steps down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; Bluesky names VC Toni Schneider as interim CEO  —  Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
Wired:
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it  —  Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for this month, until later this year to let the company finish work on the new Siri  —  Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long …
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Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple made ~55M iPhones in India in 2025, up 53% YoY from 36M in 2024, or ~25% of total iPhone production, as it shifts away from China amid tariffs  —  Apple Inc. increased iPhone production in India by about 53% last year and now makes a quarter of its marquee devices there …
Brian Westover / PCMag:
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU deliver beastly performance, but retains a five-year-old design and is $100+ pricier  —  EDITORS' CHOICE  —  4.5  —  Outstanding  —  THE BOTTOM LINE  —  The 2026 MacBook Pro 16-inch with M5 Max …
John Higgins / The Verge:
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B  —  Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion.  Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
Charles Lamanna / Microsoft 365 Blog:
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork, integrating Anthropic's Claude Cowork tech into Microsoft 365 Copilot and using Work IQ to ground its actions in work data  —  AUDIENCE  —  Try Microsoft 365 Copilot  —  Available on desktop and mobile devices  —  If you have used Copilot …
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Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
Nexthop AI, which offers specialized switches to reduce power consumption and latency for hyperscalers, raised $500M led by Lightspeed at a $4.2B valuation  —  Nexthop AI, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup, has raised $500 million in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners …
Financial Times:
SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since November 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI ties grows; on March 9, SoftBank fell 9.8% on Stargate delay reports  —  Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P  —  Once fired up, Masayoshi Son's investing enthusiasm knows few bounds.
Aaron Clark / Bloomberg:
US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs delays Middle East imagery to two weeks from four days over concerns it could be used to target NATO members  —  Planet Labs PBC is extending its delay on commercial satellite imagery in the Middle East to two weeks from four days over concerns …
Jake Angelo / Fortune:
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered US voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics  —  Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life.  It's being adopted across the professional sphere …

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