HPE and NVIDIA Expand AI Factory for Production Agents

The Trump administration warned Anthropic on Friday that it needs a license to provide its latest AI models to foreign persons, including its own employees. The move has triggered concerns across the AI industry that the government is targeting foreign talent reliance. OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon said the company has told the government that building competitive AI requires global talent and that the situation remains fluid with many unknowns.

The U.S. Pentagon disclosed in a court filing that it used xAI's Grok AI model to support bombing mission planning against Iran earlier in 2026. The Grok model operates as part of Maven Smart Systems, a government AI service designed for national security applications. The disclosure emerged as the Department of Justice fights a data center lawsuit, raising questions about AI deployment in military operations.

An Ivanti survey of 3,900 employees across six countries reveals a critical governance gap in enterprise AI deployment: 85% of IT professionals claim every AI agent has a named owner, but only 42% say ownership is actually clear. Meanwhile, organizational leaders hide AI use at nearly twice the rate of other employees (42% versus 23%), often citing competitive advantage. Security leaders report detecting thousands of shadow AI applications operating across enterprise infrastructure, with inadequate controls and governance frameworks unable to keep pace.

NewCore has raised $66M to build identity and security infrastructure for AI agents operating as enterprise employees. The startup argues that managing AI agents, rather than people, will become the primary enterprise security challenge. The funding reflects growing recognition that AI systems need formal identity frameworks as they take on autonomous workplace roles.