The Rip Current

The Rip Current

Intelligence for the AI-Native Economy

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Issue #10 | May 28, 2026

This Week: The Sovereign AI Threshold — Google enters the Pentagon with Gemini AI agents. OpenAI removes AGI clause from Microsoft deal, clears path for defense contracts. Anthropic weaponizes "agentic misalignment" research for financial services. The firewall between commercial and government AI just dissolved.

Inside: Verified intelligence on Google's Pentagon deployment, OpenAI's strategic pivot, Anthropic's autonomy pivot, CLARITY Act July deadline update, CFTC vs. states prediction market showdown, and the agentic misalignment arms race.

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