The U.S. government declared war on AI company Anthropic in February 2026, blacklisting it for refusing to allow the Pentagon to use its Claude AI for lethal targeting and mass surveillance. A federal…
The US Department of Defense terminated a $200 million contract with Anthropic after the AI company refused to allow 'any lawful use' of its models, leading to Anthropic being designated a national se…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired most of the Pentagon's civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR) workers in January 2025 and replaced them with artificial intelligence, specifically Palantir's…
Todd Blanche, acting attorney general, faced questions in his Senate confirmation hearing about his relationship with President Donald Trump and the handling of the Epstein files, insisting he is not …
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit that broad access to Anthropic's Mythos-class AI models would be like giving 'ballistic missiles to individuals.…
The White House on Tuesday launched Gold Eagle, a new AI-backed clearinghouse designed to pool software vulnerability findings from government and industry and coordinate fixes across U.S. critical in…
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks on a $3 billion F-35 jet sale, amid ongoing US military strikes on Iranian facilities under Operation Epic Fury. The visit und…
UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a global ban on autonomous weapons systems, or 'killer robots,' during the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, stating that decisions to …
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked seven U.S. tech companies for information about their military AI contracts and demanded the Pentagon release full contracts, citing concerns over opaque AI arrangements an…
Court documents reveal tense email exchanges between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Pentagon official Emil Michael, leading to the AI lab's split with the Department of Defense over concerns about usi…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal to allow its AI models for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons led to a federal blacklist, two court fights, and the first export-control takedown of a commer…
Anthropic added a new security measure to its Claude Fable 5 AI model, agreeing to extend guardrails for certain restricted capabilities, after the Trump administration lifted export controls that had…
US President Donald Trump said progress was made in indirect talks with Iran, as technical discussions in Qatar continued between envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The talks aim to convert an in…
Anthropic is restoring access to its Fable 5 AI model after the Trump administration lifted export controls that had suspended the model. The move follows tensions over a supposed jailbreak vulnerabil…
Advanced AI models Mythos 5 and Fable 5 from Anthropic are again available to users outside the United States after the Trump administration lifted a blockade imposed in June over security concerns. T…
Anthropic will restore access to its Fable 5 AI model after the Department of Commerce lifted export controls, resolving a dispute with the Trump administration that had suspended access. The company …
Billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, a former Democrat who now supports Donald Trump, has been appointed to the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. The board, led by former Trump trade represe…
The Trump administration designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, banned federal agencies from using its products, and forced it to pull its newest AI model after the company refuse…
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Anthropic have reached a deal allowing state agencies to use the Claude AI chatbot at a discounted price, aiming to improve government efficiency. The agreement di…
The Pentagon issued a new AI Acceleration Strategy on January 9, 2026, mandating an AI-first warfighting force and requiring frontier models to be battlefield-ready within 30 days of public release. T…