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Aug 16, 2026
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Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon shows how AI could threaten a crucial safeguard of democracy
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands outside the Pentagon during a welcome ceremony for the Japanese defense minister at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon shows how AI could threaten a crucial safeguard of democracy
Published: August 16, 2026 7.59am EDT
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In February, the United States Department of Defense threatened to designate the AI firm Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” after a dispute over the military’s use of the company’s Claude models.
This designation would not only put the company’s …
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