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John Croxton

Tarbell Fellow

John Croxton
John Croxton is a 2026-27 Tarbell Fellow who writes about AI and national security for Defense One. He previously ran NET, a policy network for professionals in security and technology issues. John also writes at "Read the Oom," and his personal website can be found at johncroxton.us. Reach him on Signal at johncroxton.61.
Threats

Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk'

The label is more typically assigned to companies suspected of ties to adversarial governments.

  • John Croxton
Science & Tech

'Super Intelligence': the president’s new term for AI, explained

Trump is attempting to rebrand AI with an existing term of art.

  • John Croxton
Science & Tech

Maven is becoming the Pentagon’s everything app

MSS has replaced “six, eight, ten” systems that the military used to analyze data, AI chief says.

  • John Croxton
Threats

July’s breakout at OpenAI was far more complex than initially realized

Hundreds of AI agents collaborated to escape their containers, disguising their actions and even sacrificing themselves.

  • John Croxton