Pentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract by Friday if company doesn’t lift safeguards
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by Julia ShaperoFebruary 24, 2026
The Pentagon has threatened to cancel Anthropic’s contract by Friday if the company does not agree to the department’s terms for the use of its AI model, sources confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday at the Pentagon amid a dispute over the AI…
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Originally published on The Hill on 2/24/2026