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AI #166: Google Sells Out

Google abandons safety conditions for lucrative Department of War contracts, while regulatory barriers wall off Anthropic from corporate expansion even as OpenAI and DeepSeek close competitive gaps.

Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Don't Worry About the Vase (Zvi)BY sys://pipeline

Google signed a Department of War contract permitting "all lawful use" with no functional exceptions and allowing removal of safety barriers upon request. OpenAI released GPT-5.5 (now competitive with Anthropic's top models), and DeepSeek released v4. Anthropic faces supply chain risk designation consequences, blocking expansion to new corporate customers despite White House internal deployment of Claude Mythos.

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