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Pentagon Signs AI Deals With 7 Tech Firms

Pentagon Signs AI Deals With 7 Tech Giants, Snubs AnthropicFirms

Is the Pentagon's AI military push a necessary leap forward or a reckless gamble with civil liberties?
Pentagon Signs AI Deals With 7 Tech Firms
Above: The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone with the seal of the U.S. Department of Defense created on March 7. Image credit: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Getty Images

The Spin


The Pentagon's deals with seven top AI firms — Google, OpenAI, SpaceX, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and Reflection — mark a decisive step toward building an AI-first military. Integrating these tools into classified networks sharpens warfighter decision-making and prevents dangerous dependence on any single vendor. Anthropic's refusal to accept standard lawful-use terms left it on the outside, and that's entirely on Anthropic.

Handing seven AI giants unrestricted "any lawful use" access to classified military networks, with zero specified oversight, is a reckless gamble with civil liberties. Anthropic's pushback on autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance wasn't obstruction — it was responsible corporate governance. Labeling an American company a supply-chain risk for demanding basic guardrails sets a chilling precedent for the entire tech industry.


Metaculus Prediction

There is a 75% chance that Anthropic will be a designated supply chain risk on May 1, 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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