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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026

Anthropic sues the Pentagon, and Paramount buy Warner Brothers

from The Doomscroll News Report

This week, we're discussing a DIFFERENT kind of AI lawsuit with Anthropic taking on the Pentagon, and the movie studio merger which may swing the news right, and a very slight detour to talk about CEOs tasting their own products. Read along with us! Anthropic sues the Pentagon: 1. Anthropic sues US government for calling it a risk (Kali Hays, BBC), 2. Anthropic was the Pentagon's choice for AI. Now it's banned and experts are worried  (CNBC), 3. Anthropic vs the Pentagon: Inside the Battle over A.I. Warfare (The Daily by NYT), 4. Where things stand with the Department of War (Company statement by Dario Amodei)  Paramount buys Warner Brothers: 1. CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle (Jeremy Barr , The Guardian), 2. Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount (CNBC), 3. Paramount to buy Warner Bros Discovery in $110 billion deal as Netflix bows out of race ( Karl Badohal, Harshita Mary Varghese and Jaspreet Singh, Reuters), 4. A New Media Empire (Rachel Abrams, Nicole Sperling, Lauren Hirsch and Jonathan Mahler, "The Daily" by NYT)

This week, we're discussing a DIFFERENT kind of AI lawsuit with Anthropic taking on the Pentagon, and the movie studio merger which may swing the news right, and a very slight detour to talk about CEOs tasting their own products. Read along with us! Anthropic sues the Pentagon: 1. Anthropic sues US government for calling it a risk (Kali Hays, BBC), 2. Anthropic was the Pentagon's choice for AI. Now it's banned and experts are worried  (CNBC), 3. Anthropic vs the Pentagon: Inside the Battle over A.I. Warfare (The Daily by NYT), 4. Where things stand with the Department of War (Company statement by Dario Amodei)  Paramount buys Warner Brothers: 1. CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle (Jeremy Barr , The Guardian), 2. Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount (CNBC), 3. Paramount to buy Warner Bros Discovery in $110 billion deal as Netflix bows out of race ( Karl Badohal, Harshita Mary Varghese and Jaspreet Singh, Reuters), 4. A New Media Empire (Rachel Abrams, Nicole Sperling, Lauren Hirsch and Jonathan Mahler, "The Daily" by NYT)

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