The Pentagon just gave Anthropic an ultimatum: drop your AI safety guardrails or get cut off from the military entirely. Today we break down what happened, why it matters, and what it means for everyone who uses AI tools. Plus, DeepSeek V4 just launched, and it's gunning for the coding crown at a fraction of the cost. A Google VP says two types of AI startups are about to die. Anthropic's new security tool tanked cybersecurity stocks. China is putting actual robots on trains, and Honor, yes, the phone company — is making a humanoid robot. All that and your Tool of the Day.

Links Mentioned In The Show

Anthropic/Pentagon showdown (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/anthropic-ai-defense-war-venezuela-maduro-rcna259603 Anthropic/Pentagon showdown (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/hegseth-dario-pentagon-meeting-antrhopic-claude DeepSeek V4: https://chat.deepseek.com Google VP on AI startups (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/21/google-vp-warns-that-two-types-of-ai-startups-may-not-survive/ Claude Code Security: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-security Anthropic $30B raise (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/anthropic-ai-dario-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth.html China humanoid robots (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/china-humanoid-robots-spring-festival-gala-unitree-tesla-ai-race.html Honor humanoid robot: https://technode.com/2026/02/24/honor-reportedly-to-launch-first-humanoid-robot-at-mwc-2026/