Your single-vendor AI strategy is a major risk. Anthropic's $1.5B settlement for training on pirated books proves the legal liability is real and flows down to you. Their lobbying for an "opensource ban" isn't about security; it's about protecting their valuation from cheaper models. Demand data provenance and architect for sovereignty.

Frontier labs, fintech giants, and governments are now fighting to own the stack. Your freedom to operate is the asset under attack.