OpenAI's Robotics Chief Quits Over Pentagon Deal
Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI's head of robotics, resigns over the company's Pentagon AI contract, warning that mass surveillance and autonomous weapons 'deserved more deliberation than they got.'
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900 Google and OpenAI Workers Demand Military AI Limits
Nearly 900 employees across Google and OpenAI sign an open letter titled We Will Not Be Divided, calling on leadership to reject Pentagon demands for unfettered AI access.
Pentagon Names DOGE Vet Kliger as AI Chief
Gavin Kliger, a former DOGE official who reposted white supremacist content, is now the Pentagon's chief data officer and top AI decision-maker.
Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
The Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that its supply chain risk designation is effective immediately - the first time the US government has applied this label to a domestic tech company.
Anthropic and Pentagon Resume Talks After Week-Long Standoff
Dario Amodei tells a Morgan Stanley audience he is trying to 'deescalate' the Pentagon dispute, as the FT reports both sides are back at the table with under-secretary Emil Michael.
Defense Contractors Purge Claude After Pentagon Blacklist
Lockheed Martin and at least 10 defense-backed startups are actively removing Anthropic's Claude from their operations after the Pentagon designated the company a supply chain risk.
OpenAI Targets NATO Networks After Pentagon Deal
Days after securing a Pentagon classified network deal, OpenAI is exploring a contract to deploy AI on NATO's unclassified systems - a 32-nation alliance spanning North America and Europe.
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over Supply Chain Blacklist
Anthropic will challenge the Pentagon's unprecedented supply chain risk designation in court, calling it legally unsound and a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government.
Pentagon Accepts OpenAI's Red Lines - the Same Ones It Rejected From Anthropic
OpenAI secured a Pentagon classified network deal with prohibitions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons - the exact same terms that got Anthropic banned from all federal agencies hours earlier.
Trump Orders Every Federal Agency to Stop Using Anthropic - Pentagon Brands Company a National Security Risk
President Trump directed all U.S. government agencies to immediately cease using Anthropic's technology after the company refused to drop AI safety guardrails for the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security.
Anthropic Rejects Pentagon's 'Final Offer' - Says It Won't Build Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a public statement rejecting the Pentagon's final terms, saying the proposed compromise language 'would allow those safeguards to be disregarded at will.' The Friday 5:01 PM deadline still stands.
Pentagon Sends Anthropic a 'Best and Final Offer' - Company Has Until Friday to Comply
The Pentagon sent Anthropic its final terms for unrestricted military AI use Wednesday night, with a 5:01 PM Friday deadline that could end in contract cancellation, supply chain blacklisting, or Defense Production Act invocation.
