The US Department of Defence has struck a sweeping new Pentagon AI deal with some of the world’s largest technology companies, marking a major escalation in the military’s push to integrate artificial intelligence into warfare. Missing from the list is one of the industry’s most prominent players: Anthropic.

Announced on Friday, the agreement brings together firms including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and SpaceX to deploy AI tools across classified defence........

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