Anthropic just formed a bipartisan National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council packed with heavyweights, including former Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and former CIA Deputy Director David Cohen. The group will guide the AI lab's defense and intelligence rollouts in areas like cyber defense and analysis. It is a clear push to cement frontier AI inside the U.S. government.
Anthropic just secured a two-year prototyping agreement worth up to $200 million from the U.S. Department of Defense. The lab will collaborate with the Pentagon's CDAO to fine-tune Claude Gov models on defense data for national security operations. Why it matters: Top-tier AI labs are rapidly entrenching their models within sovereign defense workflows.
Anthropic just introduced Claude Gov, a specialized suite of models built exclusively for U.S. national security agencies in classified environments. The models are fine-tuned to refuse less when handling sensitive intelligence and cyber data while keeping rigorous safety guardrails intact. Why it matters: Frontier AI labs are officially racing into the defense sector with high-clearance, custom-built AI.
