The AI Arms Race: OpenAI's Pentagon Deal, Anthropic's Blacklisting, and the Battle for AI's Soul - March 22, 2026
Episode 10 min 51s

The AI Arms Race: OpenAI's Pentagon Deal, Anthropic's Blacklisting, and the Battle for AI's Soul - March 22, 2026

Join Rick Spair and Alex for a deep-dive conversation into the biggest AI story of 2026 so far.Today's Topic:The Pentagon AI showdown — OpenAI's $200M defense deal, Anthropic's federal blacklisting, the #QuitGPT consumer boycott that saw 2.5 million users switch sides, and what it all means for the future of AI governance, ethics, and the industry.Key moments covered:• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's principled refusal and the "supply chain risk" designation• OpenAI's Pentagon agreement and its ...

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