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Dario Went to the West Wing. The Pentagon Fight Became a Policy Problem.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 17. The meeting capped a two-month standoff over Mythos. Frontier AI labs are now strategic counterparties to the federal government, not just contractors.
The Interchange War Has a Front Line. It Is the Grocery Aisle.
The three largest US grocery operators are building payment systems that bypass card networks entirely. The interchange war just found its front line.
Prediction Markets Are Speedrunning 50 Years of Payments Compliance
Kalshi is building the same trust infrastructure that took the payments industry decades to establish. Criminal charges, restraining orders, and federal legislation say the clock is ticking.
The AI Company That Said No to the Pentagon Just Got Backing from Microsoft, Google, and the CIA
Anthropic refused to remove Claude's safety restrictions for military use. The Pentagon classified it as a supply chain risk. Now Microsoft, 37 AI researchers, 22 former military leaders, and civil rights groups have filed briefs in its defence.
Government by Turnaround: What Happens When a Payments CEO Runs the Tax System
Frank Bisignano built the infrastructure that processes 44 percent of America's card payments. Now he is restructuring the agency that collects $5.1 trillion in taxes. The playbook is familiar. The stakes are not.