Anthropic is fighting the government in court. Microsoft is turning to Anthropic to get agentic in all its productivity products. A big new hyperscaler startup has raised a monster round. And could the war with Iran be something that could pop the AI bubble?

• Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense (The Verge)
• Microsoft announces Copilot Cowork with help from Anthropic — a cloud-powered AI agent that works across M365 apps (VentureBeat)
• Nscale Raises $2 Billion and Adds Sandberg, Clegg to Board (Bloomberg)
• Iran War Imperils $300 Billion in Gulf AI Spending (The Information)
• When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” (HBR)

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