US EditionPentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract by Friday if company doesn’t lift safeguards: Report
The Pentagon demands Anthropic lift restrictions on AI use in autonomous targeting and surveillance or face contract termination and potential Defense Production Act enforcement, risking $200 million in work.
- At a Tuesday Pentagon meeting, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei the contract will be terminated by Friday unless safeguards are loosened.
- At issue are the guardrails Anthropic placed on its Claude model, banning fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, while Pentagon concerns escalated this month over the Venezuela military raid.
- Pentagon officials warned they could invoke the Defense Production Act or designate Anthropic a supply‑chain risk, and the government gave Anthropic until Friday at 5 pm to respond.
- Canceling or blacklisting Anthropic could severely damage its ability to work with government partners and enterprise customers, while designation as a supply‑chain risk could force company executives to allow unrestricted Pentagon use.
- Other firms such as Google, OpenAI and xAI have agreed to Pentagon terms and are moving onto classified networks, while Anthropic's $20 million donation adds a political element, highlighting gaps in law and oversight.
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