Anthropic’s Pentagon Problems

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Anthropic is feuding with the U.S. military, despite their massive $200 million contract. The company says that its AI model, Claude, cannot be used for weapons development or surveillance. The Pentagon is pushing back against those limitations. WSJ's Amrith Ramkumar joins Jessica Mendoza to explain why the Department of Defense is now threatening to label Anthropic a supply chain risk.
 

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Anthropic is feuding with the U.S. military, despite their massive $200 million contract. The company says that its AI model, Claude, cannot be used for weapons development or surveillance. The Pentagon is pushing back against those limitations. WSJ's Amrith Ramkumar joins Jessica Mendoza to explain why the Department of Defense is now threatening to label Anthropic a supply chain risk.
 

Further Listening:


- AI Bots Have Social Media Now. It Got Weird Fast.

- Vibe Coding Could Change Everything

- Her Client Was Deepfaked. She Says xAI Is to Blame.

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2026-02-23 18 min
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