Pete Hegseth Threatens to Blacklist Anthropic Over AI Technology

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist Anthropic and invoke the Defense Production Act if it denies the military unrestricted access to its Claude AI model.The dispute puts a $200M DOD contract at risk after a meeting with CEO Dario Amodei regarding ethical limits on lethal force and labeling the firm a supply chain risk.This occurs as the firm faces pressure from rival Sam Altman and OpenAI while its technology was used in missions like the capture of Nicolás Maduro.