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.
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.
A King's College London study pitted Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5.2, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other in nuclear crisis simulations. Tactical nuclear weapons were deployed in 20 out of 21 games. No model ever surrendered.
Defense Secretary Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an ultimatum: lift Claude's military restrictions or face blacklisting from the entire US defense supply chain.
Anthropic refuses to let the Pentagon use Claude AI without ethical guardrails, triggering threats of contract termination and a 'supply chain risk' designation usually reserved for foreign adversaries.
Defense Secretary Hegseth is reportedly close to designating Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' after the company refused to allow Claude to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. A $200 million contract hangs in the balance.
