$100B+ in government AI spending is being decided right now.
What policies are shifting the landscape? Who's winning the contracts?
Twice a week, The AI Mandate breaks down US defense, civilian, and global AI policy moves for the leaders and operators shaping what comes next.
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Written by Hamaad Chippa, a former aerospace & defense engineer (Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman), management consultant (Kearney, Booz Allen), and enterprise AI strategist with over 20 years at the intersection of technology and government.
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Jun 25, 2026
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5 min read
Five Percent
Inside Europe's scramble to escape its dependence on American AI
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Jun 23, 2026
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5 min read
AI Gets Political
The G7 access deal, OpenAI's leaked books, and Accenture's reckoning
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Jun 18, 2026
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6 min read
The Condition Fable Can't Meet
The White House says the model can't return until its guardrails are impossible to bypass
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Jun 16, 2026
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6 min read
The First AI Kill Switch
Inside the federal takedown of Fable 5 and the procurement lesson that comes with it
