In just three months the US Pentagon shifted from publicly rejecting AI weaponization to signing contracts with eight leading tech firms, creating a four‑layer AI‑driven closed loop that makes AI the central brain of modern warfare and grants it access to top‑secret IL‑6 and IL‑7 networks.
Pentagon CTO Emil Michael clarifies that, despite interest in Anthropic’s Claude Mythos for its remarkable ability to uncover and exploit legacy code vulnerabilities, the U.S. defense department is only evaluating the model and has no plans to deploy it, citing national‑security and supply‑chain risks.
The U.S. Department of Defense has placed Anthropic on its supply‑chain risk list, not for technical shortcomings but because the company refused to let the military use its AI for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, highlighting a clash between advanced AI ethics and national security priorities.
On the night President Trump labeled Anthropic a national‑security risk, OpenAI announced a covert agreement with the U.S. Department of War that mirrors Anthropic’s safety red lines but adds conditional language, prompting resignations, criticism, and user protests.
