Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon blacklist
The lawsuit says Anthropic is being harmed "irreparably" and could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger
A damning Department of War report finds that the Pentagon didn’t fully implement any required civilian harm mitigation measures.
Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”
While testifying to Congress on Wednesday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth lobbed threats and brushed off queries about civilian harm.
Anthropic and Alignment
Anthropic is in a standoff with the Department of War; while the company’s concerns are legitimate, it position is intolerable and misaligned with reality.
A Tale of Three Contracts
The attempt on Friday by Secretary of War Pete Hegsted to label Anthropic as a supply chain risk and commit corporate murder had a variety of motivations.
Anthropic vs. DoW #6: The Court Rules
Last night, Anthropic was given its preliminary injunction, with a stay of seven days.
What Anthropic's fight with the Pentagon tells us about the politics of Silicon Valley
Trying to make sense of the conjuncture
Trump DoD Axed a Program Meant to Limit Civilian Casualties — ProPublica
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.
The MAGA power struggle that could decide the fate of Anthropic
It may not be easy for Anthropic to escape the Trump export ban.
Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5
Restoring public access to Anthropic's first Mythos-class model marks the end of weeks-long negotiations.
Senators grilled Hegseth on Iran. Here are 3 big moments from the hearing
Hegseth said at the top of the hearing that the supplemental funding was an “urgent, necessary injection of resources” for the department’s needs. He didn’t directly mention the Iran war in his opening statement.
Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk | TechCrunch
"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.
Why the US government labelled Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’: A timeline - The Economic Times
The Department of War has demanded that Anthropic’s AI models be made available to it for "any lawful use." Anthropic has, however, refused to cross its strict ethical red lines — no fully autonomous weapons and no mass domestic surveillance.
La garde prétorienne de l’Empereur: le danger de l’armée de Trump
La guerre en Iran est en train d’exposer un problème fondamental : que peut faire une armée lorsque le pouvoir civil choisit de sortir de la démocratie ? Thomas Crosbie et Olivier Schmitt signent une pièce de doctrine pour comprendre la « russification » des armées américaines sous Donald Trump et Pete Hegseth — et ses conséquences pour nous.
Dean Ball on open models and government control
Subtle precedents on the future of open models set by the unfolding Anthropic v. Department of War case.
The expression, “to make a federal case out of something” usually describes making a bigger deal out of something than it should be. But in the case of Anthropic and Hegseth, Trump, and the Departm…