US Defense Secretary Hegseth summons Anthropic CEO for tough talks over military use of Claude, Axios reports
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Publish Date: 2026-02-26 12:34:00
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- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei for talks about the military use of Anthropic’s AI tool, Claude.
- The Pentagon has pushed major AI companies, like Anthropic and OpenAI, to make their AI tools available on classified networks without standard user restrictions.
- There are reports that the Pentagon may cut ties with Anthropic due to its reluctance to remove restrictions on military use of its AI models.
- The talks between the Pentagon and Anthropic are nearing collapse, according to defense officials.
- An Anthropic spokesperson claims productive conversations are happening in good faith, though a verification from Reuters was not available.
