Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic (an AI company that develops Claude models) until Friday to allow the military broad access to its AI systems, threatening to label the company a 'supply chain risk' (a designation that would require DoD vendors to stop using Anthropic's products) or invoke the Defense Production Act (a law allowing the president to control domestic industries for national security) if it refuses. Anthropic wants safeguards preventing its models from being used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance, while the DoD wants unrestricted access to 'all lawful use cases' without limitations.