Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.

Over the last week, tensions between the Pentagon and artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have reached a boiling point.

Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over military AI use, exposing legal, ethical and national security tensions shaping the future of AI in warfare.

As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice between global scaling and a “safety first” ethos ...