Full interview: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Pentagon feud

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat down with CBS News for an exclusive interview, hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the company a supply chain risk to national security, which restricts military contractors from doing business with the AI giant. Amodei called the move “retaliatory and punitive,” and he said Anthropic sought to draw “red … Read more

Anthropic CEO says he’s sticking to AI “red lines” despite clash with Pentagon

Hours after a bitter feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic ended with the Trump administration cutting off the artificial intelligence startup, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News in an exclusive interview Friday night he wants to work with the military — but only if it addresses the firm’s concerns. “We are still interested in … Read more

Trump says he plans to order federal ban on Anthropic AI after company refuses Pentagon demands

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ordering every federal government agency to stop using Athropic AI immediately. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR … Read more

Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops’ attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation’s top universities, calling them “woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.”  “Today, just like we did with Harvard, I am ordering the complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance … Read more

Scouting America agrees to 5 changes under Pentagon pressure

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scouting America, the organization previously known as the Boy Scouts of America, has agreed to make several changes, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.   The group is under pressure from the U.S. Department of War, which has threatened to yank its support. In a video … Read more

Pentagon official defends standoff with Anthropic, military’s AI use

Emil Michael, the U.S. under secretary of defense for research and engineering, speaks with CBS News’ Jennifer Jacobs about how the military can benefit from artificial intelligence and defends the Pentagon’s stance in its dispute with Anthropic over the use of the AI model Claude. Michael says the military has “made some very good concessions” … Read more

Tech company refuses Pentagon demands on unrestricted use of its AI

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon is calling for Anthropic to allow the Department of War to utilize the company’s artificial intelligence product for “all lawful purposes,” but CEO Dario Amodei has suggested the government would use their product for “mass domestic surveillance” or “fully autonomous weapons.” “The Department of War … Read more

Scouting America will alter policies to maintain support from US military: Pentagon

WASHINGTON — Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including a requirement that members use “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Some of the changes mirror what the organization suggested to the Defense Department in January, which included discontinuing its Citizenship in … Read more

Anthropic refuses to bend to Pentagon on AI safeguards as dispute nears deadline

A public showdown between the Trump administration and Anthropic is hitting an impasse as military officials demand the artificial intelligence company bend its ethical policies by Friday or risk damaging its business. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei drew a sharp red line 24 hours before the deadline, declaring his company “cannot in good conscience accede” to … Read more