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Week 11 Dispatch: The Machine Economy Takes Shape

This was one of those weeks where every sector on the convergence watchlist moved at once. Here’s what happened.

Anthropic Finds Itself at War With the Pentagon

On Wednesday, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael told CNBC that Anthropic’s Claude models would “pollute” the defense department’s supply chain because they have “a different policy preference” baked in. The same day, Anthropic launched its $100 million Claude Partner Network. And TIME ran a cover story calling the company “the most disruptive in the world.”