Anthropic Reopens Talks with Pentagon After AI Safety Feud

Anthropic PBC chief Dario Amodei has resumed talks with the Pentagon about the way its AI models are used by the US military, raising the possibility that the two sides can resolve a feud that’s transfixed Silicon Valley.

Amodei had been negotiating with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering, to hammer out a contract governing the Pentagon’s access to Anthropic’s technology. But talks broke down last week after the startup demanded assurances that its AI wouldn’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons deployment. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth then declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a designation typically reserved for US adversaries.