Anthropic Is Street Legal Again

A judge blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, calling the retaliation illegal. OpenAI, Anthropic and 100+ companies warned the AI cyberattack window is closing, Apple TV got pricier again, Stripe walked from PayPal, and a16z raised $1.1B for hardware.

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• A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-p…) (Reuters)

• Judge Rita Lin finds the administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights, acting in "unlawful retaliation" for its criticism, and orders the blacklisting guidance rescinded (wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-rules-trump-administ…) (The Wall Street Journal)

• OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, Microsoft, and 100+ companies warn there is "a limited window" to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks and call for "collective action" (axios.com/2026/08/27/openai-anthropic-issue-di…) (Axios)

• The open letter asks AI labs to hand their best models to hospitals and infrastructure providers and governments to coordinate and fund cyberdefense; signatories include Google, CrowdStrike, Visa, and Mastercard (nytimes.com/2026/08/27/technology/openai-lette…) (The New York Times)

• Apple TV raises prices in the US, with the monthly price up by $2 to $14.99, its fourth increase in four years; the individual Apple One tier rises $2 to $21.95 (variety.com/2026/tv/news/apple-tv-price-increa…) (Variety)

• Sources: Advent and Stripe are no longer pursuing a deal to acquire PayPal; the group offered to pay $60.50/share in July, valuing PayPal at $53B (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-28/advent-…) (Bloomberg)

• a16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to "open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI" (techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/a16z-creates-a-1-1b-…) (TechCrunch)

• Anthropic details Model Hardware Standard, a framework governing how AI agents interact with microscopes, liquid handlers, quantum hardware, and robot arms, going to trusted partners first (wired.com/story/anthropic-standard-ai-agents-c…) (Wired)

Longreads

• Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here's why. (techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/home-batteries-are-s…) (TechCrunch)

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