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Pete Hegseth
Named in AI Lately's reporting below.
In the archive
Consumer AI
Consumer AI at Scale
ChatGPT crossed 900 million weekly users and started running ads while Apple ceded Siri's rebuild to a rival's model, showing three different theories of who owns the AI relationship once assistants graduate from answering into deciding.
Capital & Markets
Anthropic Pledges 5% of Itself, and Musk Says Go Direct
Anthropic put 5% of its shares in an LLC for the public; the Pentagon fight, an IPO and Trump's 'giving back' sit behind it.
Policy & Regulation
GSA Widens Claude's Reach as Pentagon Blocks It
A widened GSA discount brings Claude to every layer of government even as a federal court keeps the Pentagon from buying it.
Hiring & Talent
OpenAI Hires Dan Driscoll for Pentagon Access
A former Army Secretary who clashed with the Pentagon's own defense chief now sells OpenAI's case to the government he just left.