Anthropic vs. China, OpenAI Safety Crisis & Pentagon Ultimatum

On this episode of AI RADAR, tensions escalate globally. **Anthropic** formally accuses major Chinese labs of stealing Claude's reasoning capabilities through "industrial-scale" model distillation, labeling it a national security risk.Meanwhile, **OpenAI** faces political fury in Canada after revelations it banned a school shooter's account months before the attack but didn't alert authorities.Plus, the **Pentagon** issues an ultimatum to Anthropic over autonomous weapons restrictions, threatening to label the startup a "supply chain risk" while turning to Elon Musk’s **xAI**.Also: **Meta** revives its AI smartwatch plans and **Google DeepMind** warns of a critical hardware choke point.Sources:• Anthropic Blog: https://www.anthropic.com/news/detecting-and-preventing-distillation-attacks• CBC News: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eby-tumbler-ridge-shooting-openai• Axios: https://www.axios.com/technology/artificial-intelligence• The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/topics/meta• CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/artificial-intelligence