Claude for $1?

Today, we’re looking at Anthropic’s boldest strategic move yet: offering its Claude AI model to the U.S. government for just $1. We’re also looking at Rolls-Royce’s boldest pivot yet: using small nuclear reactors to power AI data centers.

In today’s post:

• Anthropic just offered Claude to the U.S. for $1

• Can Rolls-Royce power the AI future?

• AI made doctors worse?

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Strategy

The AI race is now a bidding war and the bids are symbolic.

Anthropic, fresh off federal approval for Claude, is offering the AI model to the U.S. government for just $1. But this isn't a charity move, it’s a strategy.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Claude was recently added to the list of approved AI vendors for U.S. federal agencies.

• Anthropic’s offer mirrors OpenAI’s, which also made ChatGPT Enterprise available for $1 per agency.

• The symbolic price is a foothold, not a loss leader, but a relationship builder.

• Access to government contracts means long-term influence, compliance trust, and deeper integration.

• AI providers are racing not just for market share but for institutional adoption.

• Federal use of AI models could shape regulatory norms and deployment standards.

• The real prize isn't this $1 deal, it’s the data, visibility, and long-tail contracts that follow.

In this phase of AI, power doesn’t come from price. It comes from proximity to the institutions that will shape the rules. And right now, the smartest move might just be giving it away.

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Growth

Rolls-Royce thinks nuclear can make it the UK’s #1 company

Rolls-Royce isn’t just building engines anymore. It’s betting on nuclear reactors to power AI data centers and possibly to become the most valuable company in the UK.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• The company has signed deals to build small modular reactors (SMRs) for AI data centers in the UK and Czech Republic.

• CEO Tufan Erginbilgic says the energy demand from AI could drive Rolls-Royce to the top of the FTSE.

• SMRs are faster and cheaper to build than traditional nuclear plants, but none are operational yet.

• Major tech firms like Google and Meta have also lined up future SMR energy deals in the U.S.

• Rolls-Royce already builds reactors for submarines and wants to be the market leader on land too.

• There are concerns: water usage for cooling, unproven scalability, and massive upfront costs.

• But with AI’s energy needs ballooning, nuclear may be one of the few scalable options left.

It’s rare to see a 100-year-old firm try to reinvent itself for the next industrial age, rarer still to pull it off. Rolls-Royce might be late to AI, but if it powers the infrastructure behind it, it won’t matter.

Breakthrough

AI tools boosted cancer detection… until they didn’t.

A new study reveals a hidden cost of AI in medicine: human skill decay. It’s not just a sci-fi scenario, it’s already happening in hospitals.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Researchers studied doctors using AI to detect precancerous colon growths.

• While AI improved detection initially, doctors’ skills declined once the tool was removed.

• Detection rates dropped 20% compared to pre-AI performance.

• The study suggests rapid reliance on AI can erode baseline medical skills.

• It raises questions about what happens when AI fails or is unavailable.

• There's a fine line between assistance and dependence and medicine may be crossing it.

• As AI integrates deeper into healthcare, training may need a rethink to preserve core skills.

We’re discovering that AI not only changes how work gets done, it changes who’s doing the real work. If we aren’t careful, we may automate away the very expertise we need most when tech falls short.

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