Defense secretary uses heavy-handed threats to relax AI guardrails. If he wins this battle, he’ll lose the war.

The decision comes ahead of a Friday deadline to reach an agreement or face tough government measures.

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

The Pentagon’s top spokesman is reiterating that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in ...

In the conflict with Anthropic, Hegseth is once again taking a special interest in the problem of illegal orders ...

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 ...

AI company Anthropic has blocked the Pentagon from using its technology to power fully autonomous weapons. Its CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement on Thursday that he “cannot in good conscience” ...

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

As well as designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, the government could also cancel its contract or invoke a Cold ...

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.

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 ...