The Pentagon designates Anthropic as a supply-chain risk and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bars military contractors from using the company, threatening a $5 billion partnership and intensifying scrutiny of the artificial intelligence sector.More than 30 researchers from OpenAI and Google, including Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief supporting Anthropic and warn that blacklisting could damage the wider USA artificial intelligence ecosystem and research collaboration.A Harvard University survey of more than 1,400 American full-time workers finds about 14 percent report an "AI brain fry" after intense interactions with artificial intelligence systems, with oversight tasks raising mental fatigue and multiple tools lowering productivity.Corporate upheaval compounds the debate:
Block lays off 4,000 employees with CEO
Jack Dorsey citing artificial intelligence integration, while economists
Daron Acemoglu,
Simon Johnson and
David Autor push for pro-worker artificial intelligence and
Tom Hewitson and
Ryan Deiss advise disciplined human-in-the-loop practices.