Pentagon presses Anthropic for unfettered Claude access or face penalties
TL;DR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that the Pentagon will either cut ties and declare Anthropic a supply-chain risk or invoke the Defense Production Act to force Claude to meet military needs, with penalties for noncompliance; Anthropic says it’s willing to adjust usage policies but won’t enable mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, highlighting a high-stakes clash as Claude remains the Pentagon’s primary model for sensitive work and other AI vendors eye classified deployments.
- Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight Axios
- Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails CNN
- Hegseth threatens to cancel Anthropic's $200 million contract over "woke AI" concerns NPR
- Hegseth demands full military access to Anthropic's AI model Claude and sets deadline for end of week CBS News
- Pentagon Summons Anthropic Chief in Dispute Over A.I. Limits The New York Times
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