Overview
- Anthropic filed suits in federal courts in California and Washington, D.C., seeking to block or annul the designation and arguing violations of free speech and due process.
- The Pentagon’s label bars contractors from using Claude on Department of Defense projects, and President Donald Trump ordered a six-month government disengagement from the company.
- CEO Dario Amodei says the restriction applies only to DoD work, and Microsoft says Anthropic products remain available to other customers on its platforms.
- OpenAI advanced a separate Pentagon agreement, and its hardware chief Caitlin Kalinowski resigned, citing concerns over surveillance without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy.
- China’s defense ministry warned the United States that expanding military use of AI risks loss of human control, criticizing Washington’s approach with dystopian comparisons.