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Pentagon Signs Defense AI Deals with 8 Companies; Anthropic Out

DoD signs defense AI pacts with OpenAI, Google, xAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AWS, Oracle, and Reflection AI on May 1; Anthropic is excluded amid ongoing Pentagon legal dispute.

May 3, 20261 min read

Pentagon headquarters at dusk with AI network nodes connecting eight companies while one node remains disconnected, symbolizing Anthropic's exclusion from the defense AI deal

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Pentagon's Defense AI Pacts Freeze Out Anthropic

Eight AI companies signed 'any lawful purpose' DoD agreements on May 1 — Anthropic was excluded after a guardrail dispute, while the NSA quietly continued using Claude Mythos anyway.

May 3, 20262 min read

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