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• Pentagon takes key step toward blacklisting Anthropic as Friday deadline to remove safeguards looms: report New York Post · Thomas Barrabi
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• There Are No Good Guys Here  —  The Cross Section is a reader-supported publication. The Cross Section · Paul Waldman
• Anthropic's autonomous weapons stance could prove out of step with modern war Fast Company · Mark Sullivan
• Anthropic abandons safety pledge under Pentagon pressure, Stephanie Ruhle reacts MS NOW · Allison Detzel
• Pentagon asks defense contractors about reliance on Anthropic's AI services: Report Reuters
• AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong? The Bulwark · Andrew Egger
• Pentagon pressures Anthropic on AI access Deutsche Welle · Arthur Sullivan
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• America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice. Marcus on AI · Gary Marcus
• Anthropic Vs. the Pentagon Is a Fight for AI's Future Bloomberg
• Peace in our time? Who will win the war games between the Pentagon and Anthropic? diginomica · Stuart Lauchlan
• Hegseth threatens Anthropic over killer AI limits Salon · Russell Payne
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says conflict between Pentagon and Anthropic is ‘not the end of the world’ TechRadar · Benedict Collins
• Law intended for production of war materials heise online · Martin Holland
• US Pentagon Pressures Anthropic to Lift AI Guardrails: What Does It Mean For AI Governance? MediaNama · Aakriti Bansal
• Anthropic is somehow both too dangerous to allow and essential to national security The Argument · Kelsey Piper
• Pentagon gives Anthropic ultimatum on AI technology: Sources ABC News
• US military would only use Anthropic's AI technology in legal ways, Pentagon says Associated Press
• Anthropic loosens AI safety rules amid industry competition and Pentagon dispute DigiTimes
• Anthropic has less than 36 hours before it barrels toward uncharted territory with the US government Business Insider · Lloyd Lee
• Anthropic's Pentagon Showdown Is About More Than AI Guardrails Bloomberg
• Hegseth's Anthropic Deadline Risks Severe Defense AI Gaps HealthcareInfoSecurity.com · Chris Riotta
• We Need To Talk About Pete Hegseth's Pervert Boner AI Mass Surveillance Killer Robot Fantasies Wonkette · Evan Hurst
• Sources: the DOD asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to assess their reliance on Claude, a first step toward blacklisting Anthropic; Lockheed confirms DOD contact Axios
• Anthropic rejects Pentagon's ‘best and final offer’ Financial Times · George Hammond
• Anthropic rejects Pentagon's “final offer” in AI safeguards fight Axios
• US Lawmakers Chafe at Pentagon's Anthropic Pressure Tactics Bloomberg Law
• Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act The Hill
• Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I. New York Times
• Pentagon Hardens Its Ultimatum to Anthropic in Feud Over AI Use Bloomberg · Iain Marlow
• Pentagon gives Anthropic Friday deadline to loosen AI policy Breaking Defense
• The Pentagon is making a mistake by threatening Anthropic Understanding AI · Timothy B. Lee
• The Pentagon Feuding With an AI Company Is a Very Bad Sign Foreign Policy · Steven Feldstein