"The maker of the AI chatbot Claude said in a statement that it's not walking away from negotiations but that new contract language received from the Defense Department "made virtually no progress on preventing Claude's use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons.""
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum on Tuesday after meeting with Amodei: Allow the Pentagon to use the company's AI as it sees fit by Friday or risk losing its government contract. Military officials warned that they could go even further and designate the company as a supply chain risk or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense Production Act."
""It is the Department's prerogative to select contractors most aligned with their vision," Amodei wrote in a statement. "But given the substantial value that Anthropic's technology provides to our armed forces, we hope they reconsider.""
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated the company cannot accept Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its Claude AI technology. The Defense Department sought contract language allowing broader deployment, but Anthropic maintains its policies prevent use for mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon claims it has no interest in these applications, yet Anthropic argues the new contract language made insufficient progress on these protections. Anthropic remains the only major AI contractor refusing to supply technology to the military's internal network. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an ultimatum requiring compliance by Friday or face contract termination, potential supply chain risk designation, or invocation of the Defense Production Act.
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