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

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

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

Dario Amodei, the CEO of the artificial intelligence company, acknowledged disagreements with the White House over the regulation and military use of his technology. This is a…