Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools (New York Times)
US intelligence agencies won approval for a $9B AI chip buy, while Anthropic nears a classified NSA tools contract.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260522/p26#a260522p26" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/politics/spy-agencies-ai-chips-shortage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.mnme.KkIDiwS9q0m2&smid=url-share">Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools</a></b></span> — The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.</p>
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