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Public story · 2026-02-25 · source-backed
Hegseth met Amodei Tuesday and issued an ultimatum: lift guardrails by Friday 5:01pm or face the Defense Production Act. Anthropic reiterated its redlines: no fully autonomous weapons, no mass surveillance of Americans. xAI's Grok already approved for Pentagon classified systems with no restrictions. Anthropic "has no plans to budge." This creates an industry-defining fork between AI companies willing vs. unwilling to accept unrestricted military use. (Axios, CNN)
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