The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a major confrontation between the United States government and one of the world’s leading AI companies. Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI model, is now locked in a legal and political battle with the Pentagon after the Department of Defense labeled the company a “supply chain risk.” The conflict has brought renewed attention to how artificial intelligence should be used in warfare, surveillance, and national securi

OpenAI is attempting to steady itself after a swiftly arranged deal with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) sparked intense public backlash, internal dissent, and renewed debate over artificial intelligence in military operations. The controversy began when OpenAI stepped in to secure a Pentagon contract almost immediately after its rival, Anthropic, was dropped. Anthropic had refused to loosen safeguards preventing its AI model, Claude, from being used for mass domestic survei