Pentagon Expands Google Gemini Use; White House Bypasses Anthropic Blacklist
DoD Digital and AI Chief Cameron Stanley confirmed the Department of Defense is expanding its use of Google Gemini, stating directly: "overreliance on one vendor is never a good thing." The move follows Anthropic's supply chain risk designation. Simultaneously, the White House is developing executive rules allowing government agencies to onboard models like Anthropic's Mythos regardless of the blacklist designation. The Google-Pentagon contract has also drawn scrutiny from an AI safety researcher who spent two months opposing it, revealing that Google cannot veto weapons/surveillance use and all safety commitments are aspirational with no legal force.
Why It Matters
The US government is actively reshuffling AI supplier relationships under competing pressures — diversification away from single vendors, while also seeking to override Anthropic's own risk controls. Both moves signal that federal AI policy is now a lever for vendor competition, with real consequences for Anthropic's government market access.