A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic

The AI giant’s CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have contrasting personalities and worldviews.

Pentagon-Anthropic AI standoff is real-time testing balance of power in future of warfare

The Pentagon clash with Anthropic and Friday's severe response from Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth highlights a growing war over who controls military AI.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defends decision to strike Pentagon deal after Anthropic blacklisting, admits ‘optics don’t look good’

Altman admitted in an “Ask Me Anything” session on social media platform X on Saturday night that its deal with the Pentagon “was definitely rushed.”

Anthropic’s Feud With Pentagon Earns It Fans Amid the Blowback

The AI company’s app is reaching new heights of popularity after President Trump ordered the government to stop using it

Anthropic says U.S. military can use its AI systems for missile defense

Defense chief Pete Hegseth has threatened to force the company to lift guardrails against greater military use of AI.

Trump admin blacklists Anthropic as AI firm refuses Pentagon demands

"The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Vinod Khosla Backs Autonomous AI Weapons Amid Anthropic-Pentagon Showdown: 'Putin Won't Fight Fair'

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla publicly broke with Anthropic on Friday, arguing the AI safety-focused startup is wrong to resist autonomous weapons development. “Putin won’t fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure,

Anthropic Set A 'Red Line,' It Won't Be The Only AI Company To Do So

Other artificial developers are likely to follow suit in setting such terms, raising questions about how the DoD will respond.