Anthropic Says It Won't Accommodate Pentagon's Demands

The standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic over how artificial intelligence can be used in defense continued on Thursday as the AI start-up reiterated its reservations, a day before a deadline imposed by the Trump administration for the company to permit its powerful technology to be applied broadly for military operations. The two sides are hurtling toward a deadline over a Pentagon demand that Anthropic provide unfettered access to its AI system without safeguards demanded by the company, as part of the negotiations over a $200 million contract involving AI in classified systems.