Trump says his administration had “some very good talks” with Anthropic during a WH meeting last week and “it's possible” there will be a deal with DOD
Leaked DOD letter: Pentagon will adopt Palantir's Maven AI system as an official program of record to streamline its adoption across all arms of the US military
Palantir's (PLTR.O) Maven artificial intelligence system will become an official program of record, Deputy Secretary …
Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk
Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …
Microsoft says it will keep Anthropic's AI tools embedded in its client products, after its lawyers concluded the DOD's designation is only for defense projects
Microsoft said Thursday that it will keep startup Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology embedded in its products for clients, excluding the U.S. Department of War.
Sources: OpenAI is negotiating more safeguards with the DOD intended to prevent domestic mass surveillance using its AI, as it prepares to implement the deal
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Sources: Dario Amodei has been holding talks with the DOD's Emil Michael in a bid to iron out a contract governing the Pentagon's access to Anthropic's models
Dario Amodei is meeting deputy to Pete Hegseth to reach a compromise on military use of the technology
Sources: amid negotiations with the DOD, Anthropic submitted a bid to compete in a $100M DOD contest to develop voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming tech
Anthropic PBC was among the artificial intelligence companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete …
Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to deploy its models in DOD's classified network and asks DOD to extend those terms to all AI companies
Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to pa...
Sources: DOD was in talks with leading AI companies about building AI tools to automate reconnaissance of China's power grids, utilities, and sensitive networks
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Sources and documents: Google plans to build an AI data center on Australia's remote Christmas Island, after signing a cloud deal with its DOD earlier in 2025
- Plans come after Google, Australian Department of Defence sign cloud deal — Christmas Island increasingly featuring in regional war game scenarios