According to sources familiar with the matter, the Pentagon has warned artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC that its military contract will be terminated on Friday if it fails to comply with the government's technology usage terms. During a meeting between the company's CEO, Dario Amodei, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, U.S. officials threatened to label Anthropic as a supply chain risk or invoke the Defense Production Act to compel it to provide artificial intelligence software.
