Anthropic Says It Rejected Pentagon’s AI Demands

Anthropic said the Department of War threatened to designate the company as a ‘supply chain risk.’

Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2025. Markus Schreiber/AP Photo

Anthropic on Feb. 26 rejected the Pentagon’s request to allow unrestricted use of its Claude AI model, citing concerns that the technology could be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a lengthy blog post that use cases such as mass surveillance and the development of autonomous weapons have never been included in the company’s contracts with the Pentagon.