Blog — Kindred Intelligence

2 March 2026 · 7 min

The Deal That Revealed the Difference: What the Anthropic-Pentagon Standoff Actually Means

The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic for refusing to remove safety guardrails. Hours later, OpenAI signed a deal with nearly identical red lines. The contradiction tells us everything about where AI ethics stands in 2026.

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1 March 2026 · 5 min

The Anticipation Tax: Paying for AI That Does Not Work Yet

Companies are cutting jobs based on what AI might do, not what it actually does. Workers are paying the price for efficiency gains that have not materialised.

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27 February 2026 · 6 min

Your AI Is Not My AI

The endless 'which AI is best' debate misses the point entirely. The right AI tool is the one that fits your brain, your work, and your life.

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25 February 2026 · 7 min

Your AI Strategy Has a Single Point of Failure

AI pricing is subsidised, unstable, and not guaranteed to last. Building your workflow around a single vendor is a risk most teams are not thinking about.

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23 February 2026 · 5 min

AI Should Enhance Your Trusted Tools, Not Replace Them

The rush to adopt AI is leading teams to rip out systems that work. A smarter approach is to layer intelligence on top of what you already trust.

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22 February 2026 · 4 min

Will 2026 Be the Year AI Stops Being Optional?

Every major technology follows the same arc, from novelty to advantage to expectation. AI is somewhere on that curve right now. The question is where.

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