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February 27, 2026
DoW and Anthropic Deadline Approaches. What They Can't Agree On
The Department of War gave Anthropic, the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, an ultimatum that will expire at 5:01 p.m. on Friday: agree to grant the military unrestricted use of its AI for all legal purposes, or risk losing government contracts with potentially more severe consequences.
TL;DR
- The Department of War has given Anthropic an ultimatum to grant unrestricted legal use of its AI by Friday.
- Failure to comply could result in the loss of government contracts or the invocation of the Defense Production Act.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refuses the request, citing concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
- Pentagon officials dispute Amodei's claims, stating they have no interest in mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
- Claude is the only AI model used in the military's classified systems.
- The Defense Production Act grants the federal government broad authority to compel private companies for national defense needs.
- Alternatively, Anthropic could be declared a "supply chain risk," forcing other companies to cut ties.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed reservations about the Pentagon threatening the DPA against AI companies but acknowledged companies working with the Pentagon should comply with legal protections.
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