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# Anthropic vs. The Pentagon: The AI Company That Wouldn't Bow





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_A ticking clock. A principled stand. And the most important fight over AI safety you've probably never heard of � until now._



**What Just Happened**



Today's deadline was 5:01pm ET. That was the moment Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to loosen Claude's safety rules for Pentagon use � or risk losing the government contract entirely.



Anthropic said no.



**The Two Lines Anthropic Won't Cross**



* **AI-controlled weapons:** Anthropic believes AI is not yet reliable enough to autonomously operate weapons systems.



* **Mass domestic surveillance:** There are currently no laws or regulations governing how AI could be used to monitor American citizens ...

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