A standoff has escalated between the US Defense Department and the AI company over demands to allow broader military use of its technology. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave Anthropic time until Friday (February 27) to agree to unrestricted use of its AI systems for military purposes or risk losing its government contract. Defense officials…
AI company Anthropic on Thursday rejected the Pentagon’s latest offer to settle a standoff over conditions that Trump’s Department of War has sought from the company in order for it to keep working with the government. Anthropic said it will not give the US Defense Department unrestricted use of its Claude AI despite threats from…
Online brokerage firm Zerodha’s co-founder and popular podcaster, Nikhil Kamath, announced his upcoming episode of the “People by WTF” podcast with Anthropic’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dario Amodei on Sunday, 22 February 2026, via a social media post. Announcing the update, Kamath also shared a trailer for the upcoming podcast, which showed snippets of conversation…
A deepening dispute over how artificial intelligence should be used in modern warfare is now pushing the Pentagon toward an extraordinary step: treating a leading American AI firm as a security liability. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the company a “supply chain risk”, a senior Pentagon…
