This is a major, rapidly developing story — and it's happening today. Here's what's going on:

The core dispute: Anthropic has had a $200 million contract with the Pentagon (now called the "Department of War" by the Trump administration) since last July. The military wanted to use Claude for "all lawful purposes," but Anthropic maintained two key restrictions: Claude should not be used for mass domestic surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons systems (i.e., weapons that fire without human oversight).

The escalation: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set a deadline of 5:01 PM today (February 27) for Anthropic to drop those safeguards. The threats were dramatic — the Pentagon warned it would designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk," a label normally reserved for adversarial foreign companies like Huawei, which would effectively blacklist Anthropic from doing business with the government or government contractors. They also floated invoking the Defense Production Act to compel compliance.

Anthropic's response: CEO Dario Amodei drew a firm line, stating the company "cannot in good conscience accede" KPBS to the Pentagon's demands. Anthropic also pointed out that the Pentagon's two threats were self-contradictory — one labels them a security risk, the other labels Claude as essential to national security. ABC News

Trump's announcement: Earlier today, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to "immediately cease" use of Anthropic's technology, with a six-month wind-down period. CBS News He threatened "major civil and criminal consequences" if Anthropic doesn't cooperate during the transition.

Why it's a big deal: Claude was the only AI model currently used in the military's classified systems Axios, including reportedly being used in the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro. Defense officials themselves admitted it would be a "huge pain in the ass" to disentangle. Axios Companies like Palantir, which uses Claude for sensitive military work, will now need to find alternatives.

Broader industry reaction: Notably, OpenAI's Sam Altman said his company would push for the same restrictions Anthropic sought, and over 100 Google employees signed a letter asking for similar limits on Gemini. On the other side, Elon Musk's xAI agreed to the Pentagon's "all lawful purposes" terms, and Musk accused Anthropic of hating "Western civilization."

The fundamental question at stake is whether private AI companies can set ethical guardrails on how the government uses their technology — and the Trump administration's answer, at least for now, appears to be a hard no.

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they're just going to use ttt grok instead

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