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White House Backs Anthropic AI, Approves $9B Nvidia Chip Funding

5/23/2026

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles authorized the NSA to keep using Anthropic’s Mythos AI model despite the Pentagon labeling the company a supply-chain threat.
The White House approved a $9 billion request, pending congressional approval, to fund Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell superchip, which needs high-power, liquid-cooled data centers.
The Mythos model runs efficiently on the new chips and older hardware, with safeguards barring its use on Americans’ data.

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles authorized the NSA to keep using Anthropic’s Mythos AI model despite the Pentagon labeling the company a supply-chain threat.
The White House approved a $9 billion request, pending congressional approval, to fund Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell superchip, which needs high-power, liquid-cooled data centers.
The Mythos model runs efficiently on the new chips and older hardware, with safeguards barring its use on Americans’ data.