US EditionPentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract by Friday if company doesn’t lift safeguards: Report
Anthropic risks losing a $200 million Pentagon contract by Friday after refusing to remove AI safeguards that restrict military use, officials warned of supply-chain and legal actions.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that the company must allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology by Friday or risk losing its Pentagon contract.
- Anthropic, which makes the Claude chatbot, has so far declined to integrate its technology into a new U.S. military internal network, with Amodei expressing concerns about autonomous weapons, mass surveillance, and broader unchecked government use of AI.
- U.S. defense officials warned they could cancel the contract, label Anthropic a supply chain risk, or invoke the Defense Production Act to expand military authority over the company’s technology if it does not comply.
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US Warns Anthropic to Allow Unrestricted Use of AI by Military
(Bloomberg) — The Pentagon threatened to invoke a Cold War-era law to compel Anthropic PBC to allow the US military to use the artificial intelligence startup’s technology if the company failed to comply with the government’s terms by Friday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Hegseth warns Anthropic to let U.S. military use company’s AI tech as it sees fit
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract,…
Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute
The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech.
The Pentagon has reportedly given Anthropic until Friday to let it use Claude as it sees fit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will reportedly give Anthropic until Friday to drop certain guardrails for military use, as reported by Axios. The outlet also reported that CEO Dario Amodei met with Hegseth yesterday as the Pentagon ratcheted up pressure on the AI company to give in to its demands. The makers of Claude have reportedly been offered an ultimatum: Either yield to the government's demands to remove limits for certain military applica…
AP report: Hegseth warns Anthropic to let the military use company’s AI tech as it sees fit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting.
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