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5 min readAnthropic Wins Court Victory, Prediction Markets Face Insider Trading Crackdown, and Apprenticeships Gain Ground as AI Reshapes Entry-Level Work
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights when it blacklisted the AI startup as a supply chain risk after the company publicly opposed the Pentagon's use of AI. The ruling, which sided largely with Anthropic's lawsuit, found that the government acted in haste without evidence of a national security threat. Markets reporter Caitlin McCabe noted the decision comes at a critical time for Anthropic, which is targeting a public debut in September or October with a valuation of roughly $2 trillion. The company had argued that the government's actions contributed to the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars and canceled, truncated, or stalled contracts. While the Trump administration has embraced some of Anthropic's competitors like OpenAI, some government agencies outside the Defense Department continued using Anthropic's more powerful models like Mythos and Fable even as the case proceeded. The Pentagon has not yet responded to a request for comment on whether it will now work with Anthropic.
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- 1 (01:17) **Anthropic Wins Legal Victory Over Trump Administration** - A federal court rules the government unlawfully retaliated against the AI startup by blacklisting it as a supply chain risk after Anthropic publicly opposed the Pentagon's use of AI.
- 2 (02:52) **Judge Blocks Trump's Mail-In Voting Rules** - A U.S. District Judge temporarily stops the Trump administration from enforcing new rules on ballot envelope design and voter data submission, just days before the first midterm ballots are set to go out.
- 3 (03:29) **Regulators Expand Crackdown on Prediction Markets for Insider Trading** - The probe focuses on potential insider trading, including a case where a U.S. service member is suspected of winning over $1 million through bets on military operations.
- 4 (05:00) **U.S. and Venezuela in Talks for Direct Stake in Oil Fields** - The Trump administration is considering taking a direct stake in more than a dozen Venezuelan oil fields to signal stability to energy majors.
- 5 (06:00) **Nvidia Pauses Revenue Sharing Deals with AI Cloud Companies** - Nvidia hits pause on some deals after employees raised concerns about antitrust scrutiny, despite the program being designed to help smaller cloud providers.
- 6 (06:40) **Earnings Updates: Marvell and Workday** - AI demand boosts Marvell's data center revenue by 45% year-over-year, but investors were unimpressed, sending shares down 7% off-hours. Workday reports higher profit and revenue as businesses adopt its AI agents.
- 7 (07:37) **Markets in Holding Pattern Ahead of Fed Chair's Speech** - Investors are waiting for Kevin Warsh's highly anticipated Jackson Hole speech for clarity on sticky inflation and falling jobs growth.
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A.M. Edition for Aug. 28. A federal judge finds the Trump administration violated Anthropic’s first amendment rights by deeming it a supply-chain risk. Plus, prosecutors scale up their crackdown on insider trading on prediction markets. And as more young people opt out of even searching for entry-level roles, WSJ reporter Natasha Dangoor details the rising interest in apprenticeships on both sides of the Atlantic. Luke Vargas hosts.
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