A Pentagon spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the congressional outreach. “We should all feel deeply ashamed by the killing of 175 civilians, mostly little children, who have nothing to do with this awful, reckless war,” one of the lawmakers who signed the letter, Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., said in … Read more
WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials told senators in a closed-door briefing Tuesday that they estimate the first six days of the war in Iran cost more than $11.3 billion, according to three sources familiar with the briefing. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told reporters Wednesday that he believes the amount is even higher, as the current … Read more
NEW YORK — The Pentagon has not permitted photographers to cover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s last two briefings on the war in Iran, and hasn’t explained the change in longstanding policy. A Pentagon spokesman, Joel Valdez, declined to comment for this story. The Defense Department under Hegseth has had a contentious relationship with the news … Read more
The Defense Department has officially notified senior leadership figures throughout the U.S. military that they must remove Anthropic’s artificial intelligence products from their systems within 180 days, according to an internal memorandum obtained by CBS News. The memo was dated March 6, a day after the Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a supply chain risk. It … Read more
Washington — Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies on Monday over the Trump administration’s move to designate it a supply chain risk and eliminate its use across the government, the latest chapter in a bitter dispute over the firm’s powerful artificial intelligence model. In a 48-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court … Read more
The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the military’s deployment of the lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month. The newly announced testing was being carried out to “specifically address FAA safety concerns,” the military said Friday … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a two-word retort after Anthropic leader Dario Amodei claimed in an interview that he isn’t sure if his company’s AI models have gained consciousness. “Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger hit back at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after the Pentagon announced it would cut ties and funding relationships with numerous collegiate institutions over what it described as woke ideologies. A Pentagon leadership memo initialed “PBH” — the secretary’s full name is Peter … Read more
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon policy limiting journalists’ access to the building is depriving Americans of vital information about U.S. military operations while the country is at war, a New York Times attorney argued Friday in urging a judge to block the new rules. “It’s more important than ever for the public to know as much … Read more
Anthropic said Thursday that the Defense Department has designated it a threat to national security, a striking move that bans it from doing business with the U.S. military and could send shock waves through America’s AI industry. The designation, which the company said it received Wednesday and specifically labels Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national … Read more