The AI industry has seen significant developments in the past year, including major acquisitions, successes, public outcry against sketchy products, and potentially dangerous contract negotiations. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were at a stalemate over contracts regarding the use of Anthropic's AI tools by the military, with the Pentagon arguing that the Department of Defense should be allowed access to Anthropic’s models for any “lawful use.” However, Amodesi stood firm, stating that AI can undermine democratic values rather than defend them. The Pentagon declared Anthropic a “supply chain risk” and prevented any company from doing business with the military. Anthropic rival OpenAI announced it had reached an agreement allowing its own AI models to be deployed in classified situations. The agreement was met with public sentiment, which found it fishy.