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Anthropic calls for a pause (sort of)

Anthropic calls for a pause (sort of)

Its own models are already starting to build their successors, even as the lab calls for a pause nobody can verify.

Anthropic's offensive AI lands inside the NSA

Anthropic's offensive AI lands inside the NSA

Meta's $200 agent nobody asked for

Meta's $200 agent nobody asked for

Mayo Clinic gets a frontier model

Mayo Clinic gets a frontier model

// Vector Magazine — ISSUE-04 May 10, 2026

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// Cover Story

The Indispensable Pariah

Three months ago the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Today its model runs classified networks, anchors a draft White House cyber order, and shapes the safety standards Washington is now writing. How one AI lab said no — and made itself impossible to replace.

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