Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute

Anthropic, an AI company, is refusing to give the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI model because of concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, despite the Pentagon threatening to declare the company a "supply chain risk" (a serious designation usually reserved for foreign adversaries) or invoke the Defense Production Act (a law giving the president power to force companies to prioritize production for national defense). The dispute highlights tension between corporate AI safety policies and government demands for military access, with experts warning that using these extreme measures could signal the U.S. is becoming unstable for business.