Pentagon gives ultimatum to Anthropic over AI curbs
The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to open Claude for unrestricted military use — including fully autonomous targeting and domestic surveillance — or face being forced to comply under the Defense Production Act, a power typically reserved for wartime industrial mobilization. Anthropic is holding firm on its refusal, making this the most significant standoff yet between an AI company and the US government over the ethical limits of the technology. The stakes are existential in both directions: Anthropic risks being labeled a supply-chain risk (a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries), while the Pentagon is testing whether any private company can draw red lines on how the US military uses AI.