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Morning Briefing — Sunday, 22 March 2026 · 10:23 EST · ~1,380 words⸻

Colin Henderson

Introduction The dominant frame today is the sharpest single-day escalation of the Iran war to date. Iran has successfully struck near Israel’s Dimona nuclear research centre for the first time — a meaningful penetration of layered air defences — while Trump issued an overnight 48-hour ultimatum threatening to destroy Iran’s largest power plant if Hormuz is not fully reopened by Monday evening. Iran’s parliament speaker has responded by explicitly threatening to irreversibly destroy all Gulf energy infrastructure if attacked. Simultaneously, Iran’s first confirmed long-range ballistic missile strike against the UK-US Diego Garcia base introduces a new strategic register — one … Continue reading Morning Briefing — Sunday, 22 March 2026 · 10:23 EST · ~1,380 words⸻

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Parallel between Arendt ‘Human Condition’ and EU AI Act Digital Omnibus Act

Colin Henderson

The EU is facing serious challenges with their AI Act, and the reasons why are becoming evident and worth considering. My own interests in AI have been focussed on the opportunity to dramatically improve productivity in Banking through use of AI. This research has opened many doors for me, and some are beginning to come into better focus which improves my means to analyse the hurdles. My vision goes well beyond chatbots in terms of how AI will be ultimately integrated. I see two definitive potential tracks In this blog I have explored philosophy, poetry, research of academic papers, AI’s … Continue reading Parallel between Arendt ‘Human Condition’ and EU AI Act Digital Omnibus Act

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# Book Review: ‘Death Machines’ and the Limits of Algorithmic Ethics

Colin Henderson

A Synthesis of Elke Schwarz’s book ‘Death Machines’ and Its Implications for AGI Risk Synthesised from: Schwarz, E. (2018). Death Machines: The Ethics of Violent Technologies. Manchester University Press; Archambault, E. (2019). Review of Death Machines. International Affairs, 95(2), 470–471; and adjacent literature in autonomous weapons ethics and AI governance. Source: personal research and summarized, formatted and conclusions by Anthropic Claude.ai 1. What the Book Actually Argues Elke Schwarz’s Death Machines (2018) is frequently miscategorised as a book about drone warfare. It is not, or not primarily. Its true subject is what happens to moral reasoning when ethical decisions are … Continue reading # Book Review: ‘Death Machines’ and the Limits of Algorithmic Ethics

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Morning Briefing — Thursday, 12 March 2026

Colin Henderson

“What Changed” items, three new/emerging flags, five secondary items, and one long-form pick.A few things worth flagging from this morning:The Russia tactical integration item is the sharpest new development — moving from general targeting assistance to specific drone doctrine is qualitatively different and will require a Western coalition response of some kind. Watch for NATO statements later today.The France nuclear doctrine signal is the carry-forward item with the longest arc — if Macron moves from signalling to any kind of formalised burden-sharing arrangement, it restructures European security architecture in ways that will take years to fully register.On Canada-US trade — … Continue reading Morning Briefing — Thursday, 12 March 2026

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Two significant and related stories breaking simultaneously — and they illuminate a genuine fault line in the AI industry

Colin Henderson

Two significant and related stories breaking simultaneously — and they illuminate a genuine fault line in the AI industry. source: Claude AI Anthropic vs. the Pentagon The lawsuit stems from the Trump administration’s decision to label Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a designation normally reserved for companies associated with foreign adversaries. The trigger was Amodei’s refusal to grant the DoD unrestricted access to Claude. Anthropic’s two hard positions: it didn’t want Claude used for mass surveillance of Americans, and didn’t believe it was ready to power fully autonomous weapons with no human in the targeting and firing loop. Anthropic … Continue reading Two significant and related stories breaking simultaneously — and they illuminate a genuine fault line in the AI industry

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Anthropic CEO Accuses OpenAI of ‘Safety Theater’ in Pentagon AI Deal – includes text of leaked memo – Amodei

Colin Henderson

Author: msophiahawley Site: VKTR.com Saved 05 Mar 2026 — Anthropic’s CEO unloads on OpenAI in a leaked memo, accusing the rival lab of misrepresenting its Pentagon AI deal and fueling a growing fight over military AI. Key Takeaways A newly surfaced internal memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei offers an unusually blunt look at the growing conflict between the AI startup and rival OpenAI over military AI contracts with the US Department of Defense. In the message to employees, Amodei accused OpenAI of deploying what he called “safety theater” to secure a Pentagon deal that Anthropic refused to sign. “Our general sense is that … Continue reading Anthropic CEO Accuses OpenAI of ‘Safety Theater’ in Pentagon AI Deal – includes text of leaked memo – Amodei

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The State of Enterprise AI – OpenAI

Colin Henderson

Open AI have produced this report based on anonymized data from actual usage of ChatGPT. Full report at end of post. Foreword: 01 Enterprise usage is scaling, with deeper workflow integration. ChatGPT messagevolume grew 8x and API reasoning token consumption per organization increased320x year-over-year, demonstrating that more enterprises are using AI and theirintensity of usage has increased. 02 Enterprises that leverage AI are experiencing measurable produc tivity and business impact. Enterprise users report saving 40–60 minutes per day and being able to complete new technical tasks such as data analysis and coding. Case studies indicate AI is contributing to important … Continue reading The State of Enterprise AI – OpenAI

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OpenAI Hires Ex-Goldman Staff to Help Cut Down Junior Bankers’ Grunt Work

Colin Henderson

In this Article By Omar El Chmouri October 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM EDT Takeaways by Bloomberg AI OpenAI has more than 100 ex-investment bankers helping train its artificial intelligence on how to build financial models as it looks to replace the hours of grunt work performed by junior bankers across the industry. The group, which includes former employees of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is part of a secretive project inside the startup that’s code named Mercury, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. Participants are paid $150 per hour to write prompts and build financial models for a range … Continue reading OpenAI Hires Ex-Goldman Staff to Help Cut Down Junior Bankers’ Grunt Work

AI, Growth, productivity

Bain – Many pilots, but not enough scaling with lack of clarity on objectives

Colin Henderson

Commentary from Greg @ Bain & Co. The theme is similar to what is becoming clear that business is deploying AI on employee desktops, but there is much less operational deployment targetted at productivity growth. ______________ Every other week we’ll provide updates on the latest value levers and trends operators are asking us about in Technology and Software. If there are things you want to hear more about – shoot us a note. Let’s start with the easy answer: Yes, AI is real and we have clients achieving 10-25% EBITDA improvement (top and bottom line). However, for every success story … Continue reading Bain – Many pilots, but not enough scaling with lack of clarity on objectives

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Productivity diffusion and invention during era shifts

Colin Henderson

Repost from my post to Medium Jun 2024. Introduction: I wanted to repost this from 2024 mainly to reflect what ha happened in the intervening year, where I was wrong and what we need to learn to move real gains in Productivity. _____________________________________________ How technology strategy, leadership and being the inventor does not associate with leadership. I have been considering the relevance of AI in context of more than just another invention, rather the catalyst for a step change in productivity. I believe AI, AGI and beyond will bring significant and consequential changes to countries, companies and people. But only if … Continue reading Productivity diffusion and invention during era shifts