OpenAI and Anthropic launch separate billion-dollar joint ventures with Wall Street firms, the Pentagon strikes classified AI deals while blacklisting Anthropic, and US launches global campaign against DeepSeek model distillation.
Anthropic eyes $900B valuation in potential $50B round, Google invests $40B in Anthropic, and the Pentagon turns to Google after Anthropic's refusal to work with defense.
This week's AI developments: Google's Gemini AI now scans the dark web for threats, OpenAI builds a unified desktop 'superapp' to rival Anthropic, Canvas launches an AI teaching agent for higher education, and the Anthropic vs Pentagon legal battle intensifies.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini while the tech industry rallies behind Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon. Plus: Nvidia doubles down on AI agents.