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The National Security Agency has begun using Anthropic’s new Mythos Preview, a general‑purpose language model touted for its strength in computer‑security tasks. Sources familiar with the rollout say the NSA is one of roughly 40 agencies granted access and that usage is expanding within the department. The move comes despite a months‑long feud between the AI firm and the Pentagon, a February order from former President Trump to halt government use of Anthropic services, and ongoing lawsuits over the company’s designation as a supply‑chain risk. Read more

During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin questioned the Department of Defense’s decision to label AI developer Anthropic a supply‑chain risk, describing it as an apparent attempt to cripple the company after it sought limits on military use of its Claude tool. Anthropic has filed lawsuits alleging illegal retaliation, and the judge is considering a temporary injunction that could pause the designation. The case highlights tensions over AI use in the armed forces, First Amendment concerns, and the Pentagon’s authority to restrict contractors. Read more

The Department of Defense has argued that allowing Anthropic continued access to its warfighting infrastructure would introduce an unacceptable risk to supply chains and national security. In a court filing responding to Anthropic's lawsuit over a supply‑chain risk designation, the Pentagon cited concerns that the company could disable or alter its AI models during operations if corporate “red lines” were crossed. The filing notes that the agency’s secretary, Pete Hegseth, included a provision in AI contracts permitting use for any lawful purpose, which Anthropic refused, prompting the department to label the partnership unsafe. Read more

After a contentious split, the Pentagon is developing its own large‑language‑model tools to replace Anthropic's AI. The Department of Defense announced engineering work on multiple LLMs for government‑owned environments and expects operational use soon. Anthropic's $200 million contract collapsed over disputes about unrestricted access, mass‑surveillance prohibitions, and autonomous weapon use. While OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI have secured separate agreements with the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk, a restriction that Anthropic is now challenging in court. Read more

OpenAI announced a contract with the U.S. Defense Department to place its artificial‑intelligence models within the agency’s network. The agreement includes two core safety principles—prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and a requirement for human responsibility over the use of force, including autonomous weapon systems. OpenAI will provide technical safeguards, assign engineers to work with the department, and run the models on cloud infrastructure, with a pending partnership to use Amazon Web Services for enterprise customers. The deal comes as rival Anthropic declined a similar government offer, citing concerns over surveillance and weaponization. Read more

The Pentagon has given Anthropic a deadline to provide unrestricted access to its AI model for military use, threatening to label the company a supply‑chain risk or invoke the Defense Production Act. Anthropic, led by CEO Dario Amodei, refuses to loosen its safety safeguards that prohibit mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The dispute highlights a clash between government pressure to secure AI capabilities and the company’s commitment to ethical usage, raising concerns about reliance on a single AI vendor and the broader stability of the U.S. tech environment. Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit has signed a $3 million contract for software licenses that appear to cover the Graykey phone‑hacking system from Magnet Forensics. The procurement database also lists several smaller contracts for related forensic tools, ranging from $12,000 to $145,000. Neither Magnet Forensics nor ICE provided comment, while the agency’s broader technology suite includes facial‑recognition, spyware, and data‑analytics platforms. Read more