Anthropic faces a Friday deadline to allow domestic surveillance and automated killer robots.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

Until this week, Anthropic was the only AI company cleared to deploy its models on classified networks. Elon Musk's xAI is now the second.

Anthropic, maker of Claude, has been clear that it has ethical concerns over unchecked government use of AI.

Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield

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

Anthropic faces a Friday deadline to allow domestic surveillance and automated killer robots.

Anthropic has just hours to decide whether it will accede to the Defense Department's demands that it be able to use the company's AI models how it sees fit.

The Department of War has given Anthropic until 5 p.m. Friday to remove restrictions on how the military can use its AI, or face being labeled a national security threat.

Anthropic faces a 5 p.m. EST deadline to comply with the Pentagon and allow it to use the company's artificial intelligence system without restraint.