Pentagon gives Anthropic an ultimatum: drop Claude safeguards or face blacklisting
The Pentagon just gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a strict deadline to remove guardrails preventing Claude from being used in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. If Anthropic refuses, the military threatens to kill its $200M deal and label the firm a supply-chain risk, already polling contractors like Boeing and Lockheed on their reliance. Why it matters: it marks an alarming standoff over whether governments can legally bulldoze private AI safety red lines.