The Pentagon Can’t Afford This A.I. Fight

Mr. Hennigan writes about national security for Opinion.

The Trump administration waged its latest war of choice this week when it tried to coerce the tech company Anthropic into giving the military a blank check in how it uses the company’s artificial intelligence technology.

The confrontation sharply escalated on Tuesday when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered an ultimatum to Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei: Lift all safeguards on its technology by 5:01 p.m. Friday or lose the company’s $200 million contract and any future business with the military. It culminated about an hour before........

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