Pete Hegseth Threatens Anthropic With Blacklist Over Military AI

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has set a Friday deadline for Anthropic to grant the Pentagon full access to its Claude artificial intelligence technology.The military has threatened to label the company a supply chain risk and invoke the Defense Production Act if it does not remove safety guardrails.CEO Dario Amodei has resisted the demands to protect against mass domestic surveillance and the development of fully autonomous weapons systems.This ultimatum follows a $200M contract and concerns over keeping pace with Chinese technological advancements while rivals like OpenAI signal compliance.