Sources detail how the Anthropic and DOD talks fell apart and how officials at US intelligence agencies, including the CIA, still hope for a peace agreement
The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.
New York Times
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Discussion
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@nktpnd
Ankit Panda
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“...the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data, people briefed on the negotiations said” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...
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@benjaminjriley
Benjamin Riley
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It's hard not to read this story and conclude that every single person and entity involved is moronic. The US government is in the hands of facist morons, and the Big Tech companies producing AI tools are led by delusional or self-serving morons. — We are in a very dangerous p…
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@druce.ai
@druce.ai
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Negotiations over a roughly $200 million Pentagon AI contract collapsed after Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk; OpenAI secured a competing framework deal the same night and Anthropic said it would sue.
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@sheeraf
Sheera Frenkel
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We have some new details on this in our story: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...
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@hausfath
Zeke Hausfather
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Hmm... https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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@editorialiste
Andrew Nusca
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“In the end, the talks ... were undone by weeks of building frustration between men who had differing philosophies ... and who did not like one another.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@sigalsamuel
Sigal Samuel
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Important new reporting suggests Anthropic was actually super close to inking a deal with the Pentagon https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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@danprimack
Dan Primack
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“OpenAI's new deal with the Pentagon does not explicitly prohibit the collection of Americans' publicly available information — a sticking point that rival Anthropic says is crucial for ensuring domestic mass surveillance doesn't take place.” https://www.axios.com/...