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In its fight with Hegseth, Anthropic confronts perhaps the biggest crisis in its five-year existence

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to bar defense contractors from using Anthropic’s Claude AI models unless the company changes some restrictions in its Pentagon contract.

Fortune

Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic

The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude.

Axios

The five Democrats who did show up to defy Donald Trump during his rowdy State of the Union

IN DEPTH: ‘I wanted to show him not only did he not send me to jail, I'm still gonna do my job, and I'm gonna be there to see what he has to say,’ Mark Kelly tells Eric Garcia

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Pentagon and pizza? Conspiracy theories spiral as Pete Hegseth suggests a plan to expose the trend

Because THIS is what Hegseth should worry about.

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Hegseth issues an ultimatum to ‘woke AI’ startup Anthropic: Get with military program by Friday or lose $200 million

The Department of Defense gave the AI company a deadline of Friday to allow the Pentagon to use its AI as it sees fit or face steep penalties.

Fortune

Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) has a very interesting item on this today at Lawfare; I'm not an expert on the… The post Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Pentagon to Anthropic: If You Won't Let Us Use Your AI for Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons, Expect Punishment

Pete Hegseth has threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to come around.

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Why Pete Hegseth Is Demanding Anthropic Remove Its AI Safety Limits

Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to Claude or face losing its defence contract and a government blacklist designation.

International Business Times

Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.

Tom’s Hardware

Exclusive: U.S. must overhaul military readiness and tech metrics, report urges

"You can think about readiness as being binary, being zero or one. But in reality it is gray."

Axios

Hegseth challenges order blocking Sen. Kelly from punishment over video

Officials from the Justice Department have indicated their intention to review the ruling

The Independent UK

Judge blocks DOJ from ‘wholesale’ search of Washington Post reporter’s seized devices

The judge said he will independently review the contents of the reporter’s phone

The Independent UK

US military leaders pressure Anthropic to bend Claude safeguards

Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth Unveils Plan To Order 'Decoy Pizzas' To Foil Pentagon Trackers

Explore how pizza orders near the Pentagon have become an unusual indicator of military activity, as discussed by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

International Business Times UK

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Trump’s top general is quietly sounding the alarm about a hidden factor that could make an Iran war catastrophic

A military intervention will be costly.

Axios

Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight

"The only reason we're still talking to these people is we need them and we need them now."

The Times of India

Donald Trump says hospital ship ‘on the way’ to Greenland — Navy says no orders issued

The Pentagon did not receive orders to deploy a hospital ship to Greenland. President Donald Trump had claimed a vessel was en route. Greenland and Danish leaders stated no such ship was needed. This occurred amid past tensions regarding US interest in Greenland. The US military confirmed no deployment orders…

Reason

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The Independent UK

US military seizes another sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean

This marks the tenth oil tanker interdiction by the Trump administration since the practice began in early December

International Business Times UK

3.8 Million UFO Files Wiped Hours After Donald Trump's Alien Disclosure Order — Accidental Error or Something More?

Explore the disappearance of 3.8 million declassified UFO files from The Black Vault after Trump's transparency order. Uncover the implications and questions raised by this unprecedented data wipe.

The Independent UK

Hegseth and Anthropic CEO set to meet as debate intensifies over the military's use of AI

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to meet with the CEO of Anthropic

The Independent UK

US military has not received order to deploy ‘hospital ship’ to Greenland despite Trump’s bizarre post, report says

Greenland and Denmark’s leaders say they wouldn’t want a U.S. hospital ship even if it was heading to the island

Fortune

U.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump's plan to supersize the Pentagon's budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status

“This will allow us to build the ‘Dream Military’ that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe,” Trump said.

Axios

Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

As Anthropic and the Pentagon fight, Elon Musk is moving in.

Reason

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