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Anthropic Resists Pentagon Demands For Unrestricted Access
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On Feb. 25, 2026, Anthropic, maker of the Claude large language model, resisted U.S. Defense Department demands for unrestricted access, citing prohibitions on fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, Axios and the New York Times reported. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened a supply-chain risk designation and the government has weighed invoking the Defense Production Act, testing Anthropic's public commitments to AI safety.
