US threatens Anthropic with deadline in dispute on AI safeguards

The US Pentagon is threatening to remove AI company Anthropic from its supply chain and invoke the Defense Production Act (a law allowing the government to compel companies to produce goods for national security) unless Anthropic allows unrestricted use of its Claude AI chatbot for military applications by Friday evening. Anthropic has refused to allow its technology for certain uses, including autonomous kinetic operations (AI making final targeting decisions without human input) and mass domestic surveillance, citing safety concerns.