The Pentagon is advancing autonomous weapons while clashing with Anthropic over its military AI red lines — a conflict The Verge documents as a defining fault line in defense AI adoption.
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.
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.
Google's DOD deal blindsided employees given prior management assurances against Pentagon contracts; DeepMind staff went public with opposition.
Pentagon's AI chief confirms Google Gemini expansion after Anthropic blacklist; White House executive rules would let agencies bypass Anthropic's risk designation.
The Pentagon is expanding Google Gemini as DoD diversifies AI vendors, while the White House drafts rules to bypass Anthropic's supply chain risk designation.
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