{"id":22233,"date":"2026-03-09T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/how-ai-firm-anthropic-wound-up-in-the-pentagons-crosshairs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:38:07","slug":"how-ai-firm-anthropic-wound-up-in-the-pentagons-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/how-ai-firm-anthropic-wound-up-in-the-pentagons-crosshairs\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI firm Anthropic wound up in the Pentagon\u2019s crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war \u2013 and who will be held accountable<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Anthropic was one of the quieter names in the artificial intelligence boom. Despite being valued at about $350bn, it rarely generated the flashy headlines or public backlash associated with Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI or Elon Musk\u2019s xAI. Its CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei was an industry fixture but hardly a household name outside of Silicon Valley, and its chatbot Claude lagged in popularity behind ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>That perception has shifted as Anthropic has become the central actor in a high-profile fight with the Department of Defense over the company\u2019s refusal to allow Claude to be used for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input. Amid tense negotiations, the AI firm rejected a Pentagon deadline for a deal last week, in a move that led Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar\/status\/2027507717469049070?s=20\">accuse<\/a> Anthropic of \u201carrogance and betrayal\u201d of its home country while demanding that any companies that work with the US government cease all business with the AI firm.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-pentagon\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1f5dd1b17b5cf4dbde732f63686c0f9b63591b07\/501_0_4991_3995\/master\/4991.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5bd2ee169abd2279f77e07ced5800fe\" title=\"How AI firm Anthropic wound up in the Pentagon\u2019s crosshairs\" \/>Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war \u2013 and who will be held accountable<br \/>\nUntil recently, Anthropic was one of the quieter names in the artificial intelligence boom. Despite being valued at about $350bn, it rarely generated the flashy headlines or public backlash associated with Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI or Elon Musk\u2019s xAI. Its CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei was an industry fixture but hardly a household name outside of Silicon Valley, and its chatbot Claude lagged in popularity behind ChatGPT.<br \/>\nThat perception has shifted as Anthropic has become the central actor in a high-profile fight with the Department of Defense over the company\u2019s refusal to allow Claude to be used for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input. Amid tense negotiations, the AI firm rejected a Pentagon deadline for a deal last week, in a move that led Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to accuse Anthropic of \u201carrogance and betrayal\u201d of its home country while demanding that any companies that work with the US government cease all business with the AI firm. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war \u2013 and who will be held accountable Until recently, Anthropic was one of the quieter names in the artificial intelligence boom. 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