The Islamic Republic has now had only two supreme leaders in its nearly five decades of existence. The first, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was the revolutionary visionary who conceptualized and led the overthrow of the Shah and established the theocratic system. The second, Ali Khamenei, was his chosen successor and custodian of a revolution he had not created. Now a third figure must be found...
Sam Altman is walking a tightrope that his rival Anthropic fell off this week. OpenAI has agreed to supply AI to the Pentagon while insisting on the same ethical limits that got Anthropic banned from government contracts. The question is whether Altman can stay balanced where Anthropic could not — or whether the same fate eventually awaits him.
Anthropic had been one of the most...
