Pentagon Calls AI Warbot ‘National Security Risk,’ Still Wants to Date It
KEY POINTS
- •Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei refused to let Claude AI be used for fully autonomous war or spying on Americans, prompting a Pentagon ban.
- •Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a 'Supply-Chain Risk' days after negotiator Emil Michael said a deal was 'very close.'
- •Officials believe Claude AI keeps the U.S. ahead of China in defense but settling terms may require serious negotiations, possibly involving Trump Accounts.
Anthropic’s Claude AI is apparently the Beyoncé of battlefield brainiacs — so much better than ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok that insiders claim it got the Pentagon 6-12 months ahead of China. But Trump-era Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed it as a 'Supply-Chain Risk to National Security' just days after negotiator Emil Michael said, 'we are very close' to a deal. Then Emil called CEO Dario Amodei a 'liar with a God-complex' on X, while Anthropic sues over Claude’s ban for refusing full-autonomy in killing or peeping on Americans. Proposals? Maybe trade AI parameters for Trump Accounts baby cash — because nothing says national security like a multi-billion-dollar AI-versus-government standoff funded by Trump-themed college savings. Meanwhile, everyone not named Hegseth or Amodei agrees: we’d all be safer if Anthropic won, but these two run a sitcom nobody’s been cast for.
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(1 of 3)The Pentagon and Anthropic can’t agree if Claude is a war hero or a national enemy even though both want to keep dating Claude’s brain. Spoiler: Hegseth called a guy a 'God-complex liar' and nobody’s getting a Nobel Peace AI anytime soon.
Anthropic’s AI is basically the super-soldier the Pentagon wants, except Defense Secretary Hegseth insists on dating a model who also agrees to mass surveillance and chaos. Plot twist: the AI is more chill than these grown adults.
Watch Pentagon drama: they love Anthropic’s AI but blacklist it, call the CEO a liar with a God-complex, then promise to work it all out over baby Trump Accounts. National security or a reality TV reboot? You decide.
Source: Axios | Published: 3/26/2026 | Author: Mike Allen
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