What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum
By: Wyatte Grantham-Philips, The Associated Press | Published: 2026-02-26 18:55:52 | Source: www.armytimes.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.
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Defense officials in the Trump administration also warned they could designate Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, as a supply chain risk — or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense…
