{"id":217031,"date":"2026-02-24T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/hegseth-warns-anthropic-to-let-the-military-use-the-companys-ai-tech-as-it-sees-fit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:11","slug":"hegseth-warns-anthropic-to-let-the-military-use-the-companys-ai-tech-as-it-sees-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/hegseth-warns-anthropic-to-let-the-military-use-the-companys-ai-tech-as-it-sees-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Warns Anthropic to Let the Military Use the Company\u2019s AI Tech as It Sees Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hegseth Warns Anthropic to Let the Military Use the Company\u2019s AI Tech as It Sees Fit<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2026\/02\/24\/hegseth-warns-anthropic-let-military-use-companys-ai-tech-it-sees-fit.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-24 15:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.military.com<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Anthropic makes the chatbot Claude and remains the last of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network. CEO Dario Amodei repeatedly has made clear his ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI, including the dangers of fully autonomous armed drones and of AI-assisted mass surveillance that could track dissent.<\/p>\n

Besides canceling the contract, Pentagon officials warned they could designate Anthropic a supply chain risk or use the Defense Production Act to essentially give the military more authority to use its products even if it doesn\u2019t approve of how they are used, according to the person, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the meeting and spoke on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The person called the tone of the meeting cordial but said Amodei didn\u2019t budge on two areas he has established as lines Anthropic won\u2019t cross \u2014 fully autonomous military targeting operations and domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n

It underscores the debate over AI’s role in national security and concerns about how the technology could be used in high-stakes situations involving lethal force, sensitive information or government surveillance. It also comes as Hegseth has vowed to root out what he calls a \u201cwoke culture\u201d in the armed forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cA powerful AI looking across billions of conversations from millions of people could gauge public sentiment, detect pockets of disloyalty forming, and stamp them out before they grow,\u201d Amodei wrote in an essay last month.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon did not immediately comment on the development, which was reported earlier by Axios. A defense official had earlier confirmed the meeting…<\/p>\n

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