Hello everyone, The world is a crazy place right now, and yet things happened in the crypto space.
Crypto Update: Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei calls out the Pentagon
The AI world just got messier, and it’s spilling over into bigger implications for tech and security. In a wild Friday twist, Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei called out the Pentagon’s move to label his company a “supply chain risk” as straight-up unprecedented.
This hits hard after Anthropic had been a key partner for the U.S. Department of Defense, greenlighting pretty much every AI use case thrown their way except fully autonomous killer robots and blanket domestic spying on Americans.
Amodei told CBS News chat that “These are core American values, and nobody wants the government spying on them, and no one wants machines calling the shots in war without human oversight.”
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The backlash online was instant when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped the hammer, and then word spread that rival OpenAI swooped in with a fresh Pentagon contract literally hours later.
Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted how the DoD showed real respect for safety protocols and worked within OpenAI’s boundaries. It’s a big win for them amid all the chaos rocking the AI sector this week.
Crypto update: Morgan Stanley is stepping up its game in digital assets
Meanwhile, in a solid crypto update that’s got everyone talking, Morgan Stanley is stepping up its game in digital assets. The Wall Street powerhouse quietly filed for a brand-new national trust bank charter with the OCC back on February 18. They’re calling it Morgan Stanley Digital Trust, National Association.
The plan spells out custody for certain digital assets, handling buys, sells, swaps, transfers, and even crypto staking to back client investments. It’s perfectly timed with their ongoing push into crypto services, and it positions them to rival pure-play custodians in the space. When a $9 trillion giant like Morgan Stanley makes this kind of move, you know institutional adoption is ramping up fast.
