Anthropic refuses to bend to Pentagon on AI safeguards
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The OpenAI rival has options in its showdown with the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a high-stakes meeting with Anthropic boss Dario Amodei on Tuesday as they try to navigate rising tensions over military use of the Claude AI chatbot.
Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use the company’s AI tech as it sees fit, AP sources say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.
Prediction markets (Polymarket, Kalshi) reprice odds of a Pentagon ban on Anthropic’s Claude by March 31 amid Hegseth threats—get the latest now.
The Pentagon escalated its ongoing dispute with Anthropic PBC on Thursday, making public a threat to effectively ban the artificial intelligence startup from the US military’s vast supply chain.
Tech lawyers and AI policymakers warn that the Pentagon’s plans to compel Anthropic to abandon its ethical red lines are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley.