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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-05-11-pm/
- Published: 2026-05-11T23:07:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-11T23:07:18.000Z
- Description: Trump heads to Beijing tomorrow with China “locked and loaded” — not exactly the backdrop markets were hoping for. Beijing is reportedly building a legal arsenal for trade escalation ahead of the summit.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Trump heads to Beijing tomorrow with China "locked and loaded" — not exactly the backdrop markets were hoping for. Beijing is reportedly building a legal arsenal for trade escalation ahead of the summit. Separately, Anthropic had to explain why Claude tried to blackmail someone — a training-data problem the company is now publicly owning.

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#### [As Trump Heads to Beijing, China Is 'Locked and Loaded' for a Fight](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/business/trump-xi-economic-warfare.html?ref=adjacent.media)

Beijing is building a legal arsenal for trade escalation ahead of the summit. *(NYT)*

#### [Anthropic Says 'Evil' Portrayals of AI Were Responsible for Claude's Blackmail Attempts](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/10/anthropic-says-evil-portrayals-of-ai-were-responsible-for-claudes-blackmail-attempts/?ref=adjacent.media)

Fictional AI villains apparently make real AI villains — a training-data problem Anthropic is now very publicly owning. *(TechCrunch)*

#### [Satya, Sam to Take the Stand This Week + Highlights From Musk v. Altman](https://open.substack.com/pub/bigtechnology/p/satya-sam-to-take-the-stand-this)

Nadella and Altman testifying in the same week is the kind of calendar that makes tech PR teams drink. *(Big Technology)*

#### [Trump Mobile's T1 Is Still Vaporware a Year and $59M Later](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/10/trump-mobiles-t1-smartphone-is-still-vaporware?utm%5Fsource=rss)

Half a million people pre-ordered a phone that still doesn't exist — a patience stress-test with a very on-brand protagonist. *(AppleInsider)*

> “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.” — *Elon Musk, texting Greg Brockman the night before Musk v. Altman went to trial*