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A US law firm sued a UK AI legal software vendor over an auto-renewed contract it couldn't escape — spotlighting a rising enterprise AI procurement risk: deep software lock-in with no viable exit.
The International Manufacturing Technology Show opened September 14 in Chicago with a new Industrial AI Arena at its center—the clearest signal yet that applied factory-floor AI has moved from the innovation lab to the procurement conversation.
Anthropic's CFO has told a federal court the Pentagon's supply-chain designation could wipe out multiple billions in 2026 revenue — the clearest financial accounting yet of what it costs an AI lab to be locked out of the federal government.
The Defense Department has finalized AI supply contracts with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, codifying a multi-vendor procurement doctrine that explicitly excludes Anthropic and signals a structural shift in how the federal government buys AI.
AI's energy demand is accelerating renewable buildout through hyperscaler procurement commitments — but the feedback loop is policy-dependent and could reverse if clean-energy matching requirements aren't enforced.
Microsoft is internally reviewing whether to abandon its 2030 clean energy commitment as AI data center expansion has pushed power demand far beyond what its renewable procurement pipeline can cover.
AI data centers are adding grid loads equivalent to mid-sized cities while simultaneously becoming the largest driver of new renewable energy procurement globally — forcing utilities to rethink decades-long planning timelines.
California Governor Newsom signed an executive order requiring state agencies to independently assess AI-related harms before signing tech contracts, immediately affecting billions in state procurement.
Governor Newsom has ordered California state agencies to factor AI-related harms into vendor evaluations and contract decisions — adding a new accountability layer to billions in state technology procurement.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order directing state agencies to build AI harm standards into government contracting requirements, targeting CSAM generation and civil liberties violations.