A.I. News Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails

[Parkinsond]

Content source

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/tech/hegseth-anthropic-ai-military-amodei

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.

He also threatened to put the AI company on what could amount to a government blacklist.

At issue is the guardrails Anthropic placed on its AI model Claude. The Pentagon, which has a $200 million contract with Anthropic, wants the company to lift its restrictions for the military to be able to use the model for “all lawful use,” according to two sources familiar with the discussions.

But Anthropic has concerns over two issues that it isn’t willing to drop, the source said: AI-controlled weapons and mass domestic surveillance of American citizens. According to one source familiar, Anthropic believes AI is not reliable enough to operate weapons, and there are no laws or regulations yet that cover how AI could be used in mass surveillance.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/tech/hegseth-anthropic-ai-military-amodei

 

[Marko :)]

I'll just say that in ... , government systematically forced companies to work for them and built one of the largest forced-labour systems in the history.

 

[Parkinsond]

Always security and privacy cannot go hand in hand.

 

[Victor M]

Nice avatar @Parkinsond

 

[cartaphilus]

And IBM helped in finding Jewish people among the populace thus driving the concentration camp genocide.

 

[Marko :)]

And IBM helped in finding Jewish people among the populace thus driving the concentration camp genocide.

Yup! They forced not only German companies, but the foreign ones operating in Germany as well.

 

[simmerskool]

And IBM helped in finding Jewish people among the populace thus driving the concentration camp genocide.

yes, i read that book!

 

[Parkinsond]

Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s AI demands

The artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Thursday rejected the Pentagon’s demand for unfettered access to its Claude AI model, suggesting it is willing to risk the serious penalties threatened by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“[T]hese threats do not change our position,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a blog post published on Thursday. He said the company “cannot in good conscience accede to [the Pentagon’s] request.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/anthropic-rejects-pentagons-ai-demands-00802554?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Sorry if you don't like national, federal or local laws move or re-locate to somewhere else. They won't because USA is the best place to do business and be a corporation.

Little sympathy for virtue signalling mega corps who make money scraping the internet to feed their LLM modules.

 

[Parkinsond]

Sorry if you don't like national, federal or local laws move or re-locate to somewhere else. They won't because USA is the best place to do business and be a corporation.

Little sympathy for virtue signalling mega corps who make money scraping the internet to feed their LLM modules.

It is a nice gesture to refuse the demand by pentagon.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

It is a nice gesture to refuse the demand by pentagon.

It's stupid is what it is and virtue signalling, it's akin to shooting yourself in the foot from your home base country. I'd shut them down and force comply if they don't.

You can't have some countries *cough cough* with no guardrails on A.I. being used for military purpose and the main country who keeps order in the world doesn't.

People always bitch and moan about the USA but when crap hits the fan who do they all prey for to come to their rescue? The USA.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

and the main country who keeps order in the world doesn't.

Too funny. I applaud them for standing up to the war mongers.

 

[Parkinsond]

Trump Bans Anthropic AI in Federal Agencies — Pentagon Flags Claude as Security Risk

Trump Bans Anthropic AI in Federal Agencies — Pentagon Flags Claude as Security Risk

The U.S. government has taken unprecedented action against domestic AI firm Anthropic, directing all federal agencies to immediately stop using its AI model Claude and officially designating the company a supply chain risk to national security

cybersecuritynews.com

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens

There are no virtuous participants in the artificial intelligence race, but if there was, it might've been Anthropic.

Large language model tech is built on mountains of stolen data. The entire summation of decades of the open internet was downloaded and converted by billionaires into tech that threatens to destroy billions of jobs, end the global economy, and potentially the human race. But hey, at least in the short term, shareholders (might) make a stack of cash.

There are no moral leaders in this space, sadly. But at the very least, Anthropic of Claude fame took a strong stand this week against the United States government, to the ire of the Trump administration.

Anthropic was designated a supply chain risk this week, and summarily and forcibly banned from use in U.S. governmental agencies. Why? Anthropic said in a blog post it revolved around their two major red lines — no Claude AI for use in autonomous weapons, or mass surveillance of United States citizens.

It's not unexpected that mainstream governments of any stripe would be salivating at the thought of turbo-charged AI mass surveillance, but it is unexpected that a big tech corp like Anthropic would be willing to take such a strong stance against it in an era increasingly devoid of administrative morality. But hey, there's always someone willing to race to the metaphorical moral abyss in the name of money.

Hi, Sam Altman.

"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes big after OpenAI's latest move

After Anthropic refused flat out to agree to apply Claude AI to autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens, OpenAI jumps right into bed with the United States Department of War.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Too funny. I applaud them for standing up to the war mongers.

Its almost like I can predict the future.

 

[ForgottenSeer 114717]

Too funny. I applaud them for standing up to the war mongers.

Anthropic signed a contract which included language and a Clause section that prohibited Anthropic from using "Corporate Ethics" as means not to provide the services and deliverables that it agreed to.

Anthropic will lose its legal challenge of the 6 month phase-out of its AI from U.S. DoW.

AI has taken over the world. There is, at this moment, a global AI arms race and war happening. Any government that uses any AI that does not cater 100% to the government that it contracts with, is NFL = "Not For Long."

There is no shortage of AI companies out there such as OpenAI, AIx, Google, and others that will push Anthropic to the discarded dreck pile or "Isle of Unwanted AI" because of Anthropic's violation of the contract terms.

Canada does a huge amount of defense contracting with the United States. Billions and billions of CDN.

In the end, pragmatism will win and ideology shall lose.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Too funny. I applaud them for standing up to the war mongers.

When you have adversaries using LLMs with no guardrails for all kinds of military uses including WMDs & chemical weapons production then there is no choice but to join the arms race. LLMs and A.I. is the next digital and military arms race, to deny or refuse access to a product you sell in your own country is ridiculous and stupid and they should be either forced to relocate, aquired by USA government or shutdown completely for refusing to comply.

@bazang said it best while I was typing this, it's corporate suicide to go against the politics of the current administration as well use virtue signalling as a reason.

 

[ForgottenSeer 114717]

Company	Stance on "All Lawful Use"	Status with Pentagon	Primary Selling Point
Anthropic	Rejected	Banned / "Supply Chain Risk"	Safety & Neutrality
xAI	Accepted	Fully Integrated	"Anti-Woke" / Unrestricted
OpenAI	Accepted (with caveats)	Expanding to Classified	Capability & Scale
Google	Accepted	High-Level Infrastructure	Security & Integration

The fallout from the Anthropic ban has created a "unification" of the remaining AI players. To keep their federal contracts, AIx, OpenAI and Google have essentially conceded that the government, not the developer, is the final arbiter of what is "lawful."

There is AI from U.S. allies also salivating to get U.S. DoW contracts. British Commonwealth, South Korea, Singapore, and others are 100% on-board to provide foreign and international AI hubs to the U.S.

 

[ForgottenSeer 114717]

@bazang said it best while I was typing this, it's corporate suicide to go against the politics of the current administration as well use virtue signalling as a reason.

U.S. Democrat and Republicans have a bipartisan perspective on the AI arms race and war.

Next come the Elysium robots - this technology is at the 99% level at this stage. Very agile humanoid robots exist that are stable and fully capable of being deployed for security and military applications. Been true for years.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

It's so brain dead the CEO should be sacked or resign for being peace-nick lefty. Once they start losing contracts there will be pressure from major shareholders and investors.

Also if they want to eventually do a IPO in the USA getting banned by USA government will not help the share price. Push for regulation not enforce dumb stupidity.