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#01 2026.02.20

U.S. Government Halts Use of Anthropic as OpenAI Signs Pentagon AI Agreement

In February 2026, the U.S. government moved to stop using Anthropic's products after a dispute over usage restrictions, and OpenAI signed an agreement with the Defense Department. What happened and what it means for AI governance.

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AI Industry Analysis

#02 2026.01.20

The End of the Affair: Why OpenAI is Killing GPT-4o Right Before Valentine's Day

OpenAI has announced the retirement of GPT-4o and legacy models on February 13, 2026. We analyze the technical shift from 'emotional' AI to 'logical' AI, the backlash from users who lost their digital companions, and how to replicate the GPT-4o personality using system prompts in the new GPT-5.2 era.