Competition is intensifying over platforms that optimise multiple AI models with internal corporate data so AI can better understand organisations and execute tasks. Enterprise software companies are treating such platforms, which help AI grasp corporate context and play an operating system role, as strategically important. Microsoft, Snowflake, Adobe and SAP have highlighted products and strategies focused on context layers, governance and services for AI agents, while interest also rises in PCs and chips running AI locally.

Anthropic is sending engineers to the U.S. National Security Agency to help it use the Mithos AI model for offensive cyber operations, the Financial Times reported, citing two sources. The report said about 6 employees are deployed on site to guide use of the technology and customise the model for specific purposes. It is unclear whether they are involved in actual operations.