IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

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25 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

AI Export Controls and Frontier Models: What APAC Tech Leads Must Know in 2026

In June 2026, the US government shut down Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 globally overnight. Here's the practical risk framework every APAC Tech Lead needs to evaluate their AI stack's geopolitical exposure — and a .NET provider-agnostic client to future-proof it.

22 Mar 2026 · 7 min read

Anthropic vs the Pentagon: What AI Ethics Actually Means for Technical Leads

Anthropic refused DoD's mass surveillance deal. OpenAI signed it and lost millions of users overnight. This is not an abstract ethics debate — it's a supply chain risk that every technical lead building on AI APIs needs to understand now.