Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic until Friday to ease safety restrictions on its AI model, Claude, or risk losing a $200 million contract with the Pentagon.

The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.

The Pentagon may decide to officially designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government, sources say.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract. Defense officials warned

A former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire are working with Pete Hegseth to make Anthropic cave on its ethics policies.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issues a Friday deadline for Anthropic to remove safety guardrails or face federal blacklisting.

Anthropic is prepared to walk away from negotiations if concerns over the use of its technology for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance are not addressed, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei he had until the end of this week to give the military a signed document that would grant full access to its artificial intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as talks stall over how the military can use AI. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, will head to the Pentagon on Tuesday to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about how the military uses the company’s artificial intelligence models.