The roots of the conflict point to the changing nature of software stacks as top officials push to modernize the military.

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

The roots of the conflict point to the changing nature of software stacks as top officials push to modernize the military.

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…