Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Clash Over Pentagon Deals as IPOs Loom

Donald Trump banned federal agencies from using Anthropic after Dario Amodei refused military contract terms, while Sam Altman modified OpenAI's Pentagon deal to prohibit domestic surveillance.The companies are preparing for initial public offerings this year as Anthropic's Claude app sees a record surge in new users switching from ChatGPT.Mark Zuckerberg is also expanding Meta's AI capabilities by testing a personalized shopping tool to compete with OpenAI and Google's Gemini.