“I don't think it's going to work. Mhmm. I've been talking to, people who are involved in these negotiations who tell me that Dario and, Anthropic are very set on this. They are willing to take a revenue hit if it means standing up for their principles.”
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Anthropic signs the Pentagon's all-lawful-uses contract without the two carve-outs (mass surveillance and autonomous kinetic operations)
An unnamed AI company executive predicts that within one year (from February 2026), software engineering will be fully automated.
Kevin Roose reports that Defense Secretary Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline of 5:01 PM on Friday, February 27, 2026 to agree to unrestricted military use of Claude or face retaliation.
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