Overview
- Emirates Today, citing the Wall Street Journal, reported that the U.S. military tapped Anthropic’s Claude via a Palantir partnership during the operation to apprehend Nicolás Maduro, a claim Reuters said it had not independently verified.
- Reuters noted the Pentagon is pushing major AI firms, including Anthropic and OpenAI, to make their models available on classified networks with fewer typical user restrictions.
- Anthropic’s published policies bar using Claude to support violence, design weapons, or conduct surveillance, underscoring a potential conflict with military use cases.
- Dubai concluded the sixth ‘Makers of Hope’ awards, with Morocco’s Fawzia Jabara Mahmoudi named first and three finalists each receiving one million dirhams.
- Coverage of Mahmoudi’s ‘Operation Basm’ah’ cited inconsistent impact figures, with an interview referencing help for more than 14,000 cases and event materials crediting over 19,000 surgeries.