11:07 am today

Tech: Microsoft sides with Anthropic

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am today
The Anthropic AI logo appears on a smartphone screen and as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto) (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis / NurPhoto via AFP)

Anthropic insists its technology should not be used for the mass surveillance of US citizens. Photo: NIKOLAS KOKOVLIS/AFP

Technology commentator Peter Griffin talks about Microsoft's siding with Anthropic amid its battle with the Pentagon about how its AI model Claude should be used.

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Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based technology journalist