AI Daily Brief (May 3, 2026): Pentagon Clears 8 Vendors for Classified AI, Nebius Bets $643M on Infrastructure, Meta Expands, and Qwen 3.6 Lands on Fireworks
The week’s AI daily brief signals a decisive shift from experimentation to deployment. The Pentagon has cleared eight technology firms to run AI on classified networks—an explicit green light for secure LLM and machine learning workloads in sensitive environments. Simultaneously, Nebius is pouring $643 million into infrastructure, Meta is quietly adding to its AI bench…