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Joe Green
May 6, 2026
The US government's mixed messages about Anthropic amid an increase in supplier numbers for using AI in defence settings.
TechForge
Joe Green
May 6, 2026

Pentagon reaches agreements with top AI companies, but not Anthropic

Pentagon plans to make US military ‘AI-first fighting force’ by pairing with companies

Pentagon says US military will be an 'AI-first' fighting force

Pentagon strikes deals with 8 Big Tech companies after shunning Anthropic | CNN Business

Pentagon reaches deals with eight AI companies for military development - UPI.com

SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services will be integrated into the Pentagon's Impact…

The Pentagon shifted two-thirds of its AI usage away from Anthropic after a dispute over military use policies, awarding expanded…

The Pentagon is pushing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI to let it use AI tools for weapons development, intelligence collection…

Anthropic landed a $200 million Defense contract last year, as did AI rivals OpenAI, Google and xAI.

The agreements “accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force,” the…

Anthropic was the first AI developer to be used in classified operations by the US Defense Department.