US EditionPentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract by Friday if company doesn’t lift safeguards: Report
The Pentagon demands Anthropic remove AI restrictions on autonomous targeting and surveillance by Friday or face contract termination or being labeled a supply-chain risk.
- 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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In its fight with Hegseth, Anthropic confronts perhaps the biggest crisis in its five-year existence
AI company Anthropic is facing perhaps the biggest crisis in its five-year existence as it stares down a Friday deadline to remove restrictions on how the U.S. Department of War can use its technology or face the possibility that the Pentagon will take action that could cripple its business. Pete Hegseth, the U.S. secretary of war, has demanded that Anthropic remove restrictions it currently stipulates in its contracts that prohibit its AI model…
Anthropic, which produces one of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems on the market, is under significant pressure from US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has threatened Antropic with blacklisting if the AI company refuses to allow its tools to be used for autonomous drone attacks or mass surveillance – a chilling show of the Pentagon’s priorities. In a meeting with the company on Tuesday, Hegseth said that the company must lift its demands for the safety restrictions by Friday at 5:01 pm. Otherwise… Source
Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance
The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any restrictions for their use. Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly…
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. In a meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei until the end of this week to give the military a signed document that would grant full access to its artificial intelligence model, the sources said. Officials are considering invoking the Defens…
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