In Defense-Anthropic clash, AI is real-time testing the balance of power in future of warfare

The U.S. Department of Defense is in a standoff with Anthropic, an AI company, over whether the company will remove safeguards from its AI models to allow military uses like mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons (systems that can make combat decisions without human control). This conflict highlights a major shift in power: private companies now control cutting-edge AI technology rather than governments, forcing the Pentagon to negotiate with industry over how AI will be deployed in national security and warfare.