Pentagon Gives A.I. Company an Ultimatum

Anthropic has argued that it was asking for reasonable assurances that its model would not be used for surveillance of Americans or in autonomous weapons, such as drone operations, that did not involve human oversight. [...] If the firm fails to agree by 5:01 p.m. on Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would invoke the Defense Production Act, compelling the use of its model by the military and labeling the company a supply chain risk, according to a senior Pentagon official. That step would put Anthropic’s government contracts at risk.