March 9, 2026
Claude 365
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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