AI-native networks have been a recurring talking point at Mobile World Congress for years. What made MWC 2026 in Barcelona different was the evidence. A cascade of announcements from the world’s biggest telecom vendors, chipmakers, and operators didn’t just reiterate the vision for AI-RAN–they delivered field trial results, commercial product launches, open-source toolkits, and a multi-operator coalition committing to build 6G on AI-native foundations.
For enterprise and IT decision-makers, the signal is clear: the architectural shift happening in telecom infrastructure will soon reshape how connectivity is delivered, managed, and monetised. — Read More
Daily Archives: March 4, 2026
Gastown, Claude, and the Rise of AI Factories with Steve Yegge
2026: The Year The IDE Died
The Anthropic Hive Mind
… If you run some back-of-envelope math on how hard it is to get into Anthropic, as an industry professional, and compare it to your odds of making it as a HS or college player into the National Football League, you’ll find the odds are comparable. Everyone I’ve met from Anthropic is the best of the best of the best, to an even crazier degree than Google was at its peak. (Evidence: Google hired me. I was the scrapest of the byest.)
…Everyone you talk to from Anthropic will eventually mention the chaos. It is not run like any other company of this size. Every other company quickly becomes “professional” and compartmentalized and accountable and grown-up and whatnot at their size. … Anthropic is completely run by vibes. — Read More
AI Pioneer: The Bubble Is Real And Could Trigger an AI Winter | Andrew Ng
13 thoughts on Anthropic, OpenAI and the Department of War
When I went to bed last night1, it appeared that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (it still feels surreal to type that phrase) had potentially undermined American competitiveness by instructing the federal government not to use Claude and designating the company behind it, Anthropic, as a supply chain risk, a move that could force divestment in Anthropic from Nvidia, Amazon, Google and other companies that contract with the federal government. Was the military going to be stuck using Elon Musk’s Grok, a model that has its uses but is decidedly not on the lead lap and is reportedly considered too unreliable for classified settings?
Nope. Instead, I awoke to news that the Pentagon had reached an agreement with Anthropic rival OpenAI. (And also that we were bombing Iran.) This is at least a little bit more rational, which is not to say that you should feel happy about any of this. The story is complicated and is still developing; Anthropic will take its case to court and the government could TACO out. (For instance, by signing the deal with OpenAI but unbanning Claude.)
Nevertheless, the intersection of AI and politics falls squarely into the Silver Bulletin wheelhouse, something I’m sure we’ll be covering more and more. — Read More
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