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February 28, 2026
Drone Warfare
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TL;DR
- The Defense Department wants to use Anthropic's AI technology without restrictions beyond legal ones.
- Anthropic refuses to allow its AI for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.
- CEO Dario Amodei cited concerns about detecting political opponents and the unreliability of AI for autonomous weapons.
- President declared the US will not allow a "woke company" to dictate military operations and announced phasing out Anthropic.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk."
- This designation, typically for foreign companies, would bar any US firm doing business with Anthropic from working with the Pentagon.
- Hegseth has now implemented this designation, effectively blacklisting Anthropic from the defense supply chain.
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