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March 17, 2026
The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says
After their dramatic falling out, it doesn't seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.
TL;DR
- Pentagon is building its own AI tools to replace Anthropic's LLMs.
- The $200 million contract between the Pentagon and Anthropic failed due to disagreements over access and usage.
- Anthropic wanted to prohibit mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, but the Pentagon did not agree.
- OpenAI and xAI (Elon Musk's company) have made agreements with the Pentagon.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a supply chain risk.
- Anthropic is challenging the supply chain risk designation in court.
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