Pentagon vs Anthropic: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demands full military access to Claude AI
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a stark ultimatum to Anthropic, warning the AI company it faces exclusion from the Pentagon’s supply chain unless it agrees by Friday to permit its technology to be used in “all lawful military applications.” According to the Financial Times, Hegseth summoned Anthropic chief Dario Amodei to the Pentagon…