Sam Altman Signs Pentagon Deal as Anthropic Faces a Huawei-Style Ban

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finalized a classified artificial intelligence deal with Sam Altman after labeling Anthropic a national security risk.Dario Amodei condemned the first-ever domestic blacklisting as retaliatory following Donald Trump's order to ban the Claude model over safety guardrails.While OpenAI secured a record $110B funding round, the Anthropic ban threatens defense tools like the Maven Smart System from Palantir Technologies.Sam Altman stated that the Pentagon agreement requires human oversight for weapons and prohibits the use of artificial intelligence for mass surveillance.