{"id":223110,"date":"2026-03-13T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/pentagon-ai-chief-emil-michael-says-anthropic-is-bananas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:40:09","slug":"pentagon-ai-chief-emil-michael-says-anthropic-is-bananas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/pentagon-ai-chief-emil-michael-says-anthropic-is-bananas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon AI chief\u00a0Emil Michael says Anthropic is ‘bananas’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pentagon AI chief\u00a0Emil Michael says Anthropic is ‘bananas’<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pentagon AI chief Emil Michael isn\u2019t sweating Microsoft\u2019s legal support for Anthropic. In fact, he told me the whole situation is \u201ctotally bananas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael dismissed Microsoft\u2019s amicus brief, which the company filed earlier this week in support of Anthropic and against the Department of War, as little more than a move to appease employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sort of par for the course to prove to your employees that you have certain camaraderie [with other left-wing tech companies]\u201d, said Michael, who serves as Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering and oversees AI contracts, on a phone call earlier this week. \u201cIf you read their actual briefs, it says everything the Department of War wants to do is legal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emil Michael (right, with Peter Hegseth) serves as Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering and oversees AI contracts. Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n

While the amicus brief claims Microsoft and Anthropic want to protect warfighters, Michael isn\u2019t buying it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the government, he told me, that\u2019s working to keep service members safe. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Our move designating Anthropic a supply chain risk] is to protect warfighters \u2014 because Anthropic was trying to insert themselves into the chain of command,\u201d Michael explained. \u201cSupply chain risk is to remove that risk, not add another risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael said this is the latest wrinkle in a saga made more bizarre by the fact that Anthropic worked closely with the Department of War for years before the government terminated its contract in February.<\/p>\n

Following the January 2026 US raid that captured and extradited Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from Venezuela, an Anthropic executive asked a counterpart at Palantir \u2014 via which Anthropic\u2019s Claude AI was integrated \u2014 whether and how its artificial intelligence was used.<\/p>\n

Anthropic (CEO Dario Amodei is pictured here) worked closely with the Department of War for years before abruptly drawing the line. REUTERS<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthropic had…<\/p>\n

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