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Top 5 · 2026-02-25 · source-backed
Defense Secretary Hegseth met Dario Amodei Tuesday and issued an ultimatum: by Friday Feb 27 at 5:01pm ET, lift guardrails for "all lawful use" by the military or face being declared a supply chain risk. Anthropic refuses autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Meanwhile, xAI's Grok was approved for Pentagon classified systems — the first model besides Claude to gain that access. This is the most consequential AI safety vs. government confrontation to date. (Axios, Fortune)
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