WSJ: Anthropic Pushes Claude Deeper Into Knowledge Work (Feb. 24, 2026)
Anthropic updated Claude Cowork with Google apps, Gmail, DocuSign, LegalZoom, and new plug-ins for finance, legal, and other workflows, pitching it as a central AI brain for knowledge work.
Dean W. Ball: Anthropic/DoD situation (Feb. 24, 2026)
DoD and Anthropic have a contract that prohibits domestic surveillance of Americans, and forbids using Claude in autonomous lethal weapons.
Transformer: The DoD fight is about much more than Anthropic (Feb. 24, 2026)
Anthropic resists a Pentagon demand to allow “all lawful” uses of its AI, refusing autonomous weapons, domestic mass surveillance, and targeted repression, and may face a supply-chain risk label. Other firms seem ready to agree, risking democratic abuse.
Derek Thompson: AI & Jobs (Feb. 24, 2026)
“That’s not to say I think the technology is a parlor trick. But rather that the level of uncertainty is so high, and the quality and supply of real-world, real-time information about AI’s macroeconomic effects so paltry, that very serious conversations about AI are often more literary than genuinely analytical. “
Simon Willison: How I think about Codex (Feb. 22, 2026)
Codex combines a model, an open-source harness of instructions and tools, and interaction surfaces, with model+ harness forming an agent and surfaces enabling use. Models are trained with the harness, so tool use and execution are learned behaviors.
WSJ: Meta and AMD Agree to AI Chips Deal Worth More Than $100 Billion (Feb. 24, 2026)
Meta will buy 6 gigawatts of AMD AI compute, in a deal worth over $100 billion, with warrants to buy 10% of AMD if milestones are met. The pact boosts AMD against Nvidia, and helps Meta diversify its AI chips.
Susam Pal : Attention Media ≠ Social Networks (Jan. 20, 2026)
Social networks shifted from choice-driven, friend-focused feeds to attention-seeking platforms with infinite scroll, bogus notifications, and algorithmic, stranger-filled timelines. Mastodon restores a calm, predictable timeline, showing only posts from people you follow, not content designed to capture attention.