Defense chief Pete Hegseth has threatened to force the company to lift guardrails against greater military use of AI.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Anthropic boss Dario Amodei that he has until Friday evening to remove restrictions on how the US military can use the company’s Claude AI chatbot – or potentially face major penalties.

Pentagon gives Anthropic until Friday to remove military restrictions on Claude AI model or face contract termination and Defense Production Act.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic’s CEO a Friday deadline to open the company’s artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting Tuesday.

The Pentagon is pressuring Anthropic, an AI company, to open its technology for military use, threatening contract termination. CEO Dario Amodei opposes unrestricted AI applications for ethical reasons,

Anthropic faces pressure from the United States Department of Defense to ease safeguards on its Claude chatbot as military AI use expands

The ultimatum marks an escalation in a growing dispute between the Defense Department and the AI startup over the company’s insistence on guardrails for use of its Claude AI tool that the military sees as unnecessary.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic’s CEO a Friday deadline to remove limits on its AI for military use or risk losing its contract