(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Pentagon confirmed the meeting will take place) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been summoned by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for a pivotal discussion at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss the military application of the startup’s AI chatbot Claude.

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

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.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense discussion over the military's use of Claude. Hegseth has threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss how the military will use the startup's artificial intelligence models, according to a senior Department of Defense official.

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.