Will Pete Hegseth Ban Claude? Here's What The Prediction Market Is Betting On

The clash between Dario Amodei-led Anthropic and the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth-led Department of War has escalated, with the AI startup saying

Leading SF tech lab in standoff with Pete Hegseth

The OpenAI rival has options in its showdown with the Pentagon.

Anthropic CEO says it ‘cannot in good conscience accede’ to Pentagon’s demands for AI use

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.
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Hegseth demands full military access to Anthropic’s AI model Claude and sets deadline for end of week

Trust is breaking down between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the use of its AI model, sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.

Anthropic Tells Pete Hegseth to Take a Hike

Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline of 5:01 p.m. ET on Friday to agree to the removal of all safeguards, threatening to boot Claude from U.S. military systems or designate the company as a “supply chain risk,” a label used for adversaries of the U.S. that’s never been applied to an American company before.
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Hegseth demands Anthropic let military use AI however it wants—even for autonomous killer drones and spying on Americans

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines.

Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth

Until this week, Anthropic was the only AI company cleared to deploy its models on classified networks. Elon Musk's xAI is now the second.