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.
Why it matters: The move would escalate the administration's fight with Anthropic, which is already suing the Pentagon over its supply chain risk designation.
Live Nation and the Department of Justice have reached a settlement over the latter's antitrust claims, with the live music giant agreeing to cap service fees and allow venues to partner with alternate ticket providers like StubHub.
Why it matters: Severalof the states involved in the suit — and Democratic lawmakers — say that consumers are being shortchanged by the settlement, which still needs to be approved by the court.
Microsoft launched Copilot Cowork on Monday, an enterprise AI agent built on Anthropic's technology and named after the Anthropic product that wiped hundreds of billions off Microsoft's market cap.
Why it matters: Anthropic invented the product that threatened Microsoft's stock, and Microsoft's answer was to take the name, license the technology, and turn it into a Copilot feature, signaling that Copilot is no longer just an OpenAI product.
Anthropic on Monday sued the Pentagon, alleging its designation as a "supply chain risk" violates the company's First Amendment rights and exceeds the government's authority.
Why it matters: Supply chain risk designations are usually reserved for foreign adversaries that pose a national security risk — a punishment that could be hard for the government to square as it relied on Claude for operations in Iran.
America's AI revolution may have a problem with its data centers. Not because of political pressure tied to electricity prices, but because of private credit freezing up.
Why it matters: The circular nature of AI dealmaking could become a vortex, without an obvious exit ramp.
The Department of Justice and Live Nation have settled their antitrust dispute, which had been focused on the 2010 merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
Why it matters: The settlement means that Live Nation won't need to divest Ticketmaster, or any other assets, despite DOJ having argued that the tie-up had created an illegal monopoly that hurt both consumers and performers.
Two years after the seismic Change Healthcare cyberattack, Congress is advancing a plan to safeguard against the kind of hacks that can expose millions of people's private data and cripple health systems.
Why it matters: The bipartisan plan puts the burden on the government and providers to prevent the kind of breach that reverberates across the entire industry, jeopardizing patient access to needed treatments and costing hospitals billions.
A wave of lawsuits alleging AI chatbots inspired violent acts is shifting the fight over AI safety into the courts.
Why it matters: The growing docket of lawsuits over AI safety could increase pressure on Congress to pass federal safety standards before states pass their own laws or judges set de facto standards through rulings.
