Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly given Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei until Friday (27 February) evening to grant the US military unfettered access to its flagship AI model, Claude, or face severe consequences, according to a report by axios. The ultimatum, delivered during what the Axios report stated citing officials in the know described…
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…
The Pentagon added some of the biggest Chinese firms, including Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu, to a list of companies accused of supporting China’s military, a move that triggered a sell-off across the shares of the affected listed companies. However, the list was later quietly withdrawn by US authorities without any official explanation, raising several questions…
A federal judge on Thursday (February 12) temporarily blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Senator Mark Kelly for participating in a video urging service members to resist unlawful orders, ruling that the move likely violated his First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Leon granted Kelly’s request to halt enforcement of a January 5 censure…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday called Harvard woke as the Pentagon cut all its ties with the university in a move that ends military education, fellowships and certificate programs. “File this under: LONG OVERDUE The @DeptWar is formally ending ALL Professional Military Education, fellowships, and certificate programs with Harvard University. Harvard is woke;…
This time the Arms Control Treaty i.e. the main arms treaty between the world’s two most powerful countries America and Russia will end. Now in such a situation, for the first time after the Cold War, a nuclear arms race can start in the world. According to a report published in the Politico website, Russia…
The Pentagon is at odds with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over safeguards that would prevent the government from deploying its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct US domestic surveillance, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The discussions represent an early test case for whether Silicon Valley, in Washington’s good graces after years of…
General Zhang Yaoshia, the senior most officer of the Chinese army, is under investigation because very serious allegations have been made against him. He is 75 years old and is the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). This is the most important organization of the entire Chinese army. He was considered a very…
The Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty US soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. Minnesota is currently witnessing widespread protests against the Trump administration’s deportation drive. The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the state escalates, the Posts quoted unnamed defense officials…
As tensions intensify between the Trump administration and Iran, the Pentagon is redeploying a US carrier strike group from the South China Sea to the US Central Command (Centcom) area of responsibility, which includes the Middle East, according to a News Nation report. This maneuver represents a major redirection of American military hardware, coinciding with…
