Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to weaken AI safeguards or risk losing a $200M defense contract — and being put on what is effectively a government blacklist.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to weaken AI safeguards or risk losing a $200M defense contract — and being put on what is effectively a government blacklist.
Anthropic has already softened parts of its safety policy.
But it’s still refusing two demands: AI-controlled weapons and mass surveillance of Americans. That’s the real fight: who sets AI’s red lines — engineers or the national security state.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change
