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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic's CEO a deadline to provide full access to the company's AI model, Claude
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The demand follows the Defense Department's use of Claude in the raid in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro
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Anthropic has asked the Pentagon to agree to guardrails, limits that would prevent the AI from being used for mass surveillance of Americans
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Defense officials say spying on Americans is illegal. In a meeting Tuesday, Hegseth told Anthropics' CEO he will not allow a private company
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to dictate how the Pentagon makes operational decisions or block specific uses
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Axios reports Hegseth is considering invoking the Defense Production Act to force access
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giving the company until Friday to agree voluntarily
