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Pentagon Awards $200M Each to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI for Military AI Development
The Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Officer awarded $200M contracts to four leading AI labs — Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI — to supply advanced models for Department of Defense use, including autonomous weapons systems development. This puts Anthropic directly in the military AI supply chain despite its public safety positioning, raising acute questions about whether Constitutional AI principles apply to lethal-use contexts. The move came as activist protests appeared on the National Mall and the UN's 2026 LAWS treaty deadline approaches.
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