A 2011 file photo of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Department of Defense. STAFF/AFP via Getty Images
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is threatening to blacklist Anthropic from working with the U.S. military over the artificial intelligence company’s refusal to loosen its safety standards.
The threat came on Tuesday during a meeting between Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, according to two people with direct knowledge of the meeting who were not authorized to speak publicly.
While both sides agreed Hegseth vowed to punish Anthropic for not bending to the administration’s demands, accounts of what exactly