The Anthropic-Pentagon dispute has drawn significant public attention and an equally large amount of misinformation. After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum to allow unrestricted use of its AI models “for all lawful purposes” and the company refused, President Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s products, and Hegseth designated the firm a “supply chain risk.” Hours later, OpenAI announced its own Pentagon deal, claiming it included the same two restrictions Anthropic had been fighting for (no mass domestic surveillance, no fully autonomous weapons) while simultaneously agreeing to the “any lawful use” standard Anthropic rejected.

Full opinion : A look at the rights AI companies have in US government contracts, such as the “any lawful use” standard, amid the Anthropic-DOD dispute and the OpenAI-DOD deal.