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Pentagon Gives Anthropic Ultimatum and Deadline in AI Use Standoff
Anthropic has until Friday to comply with the Pentagon's demands to use its AI models for all lawful use cases, including mass domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons, which Anthropic doesn't allow its models to be used for. Failing to comply will mean the cancellation of Anthropic's contract. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he could also label the company a supply-chain risk or invoke the Defense Production Act to essentially force Anthropic to work more collaboratively with the Pentagon. Designating a company as a supply-chain risk would mean that businesses working with the Pentagon would have to certify that they don't use Anthropic's models in any of their work with the military.
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