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Representative Image. In pic: US President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth The US Department of Defence may soon designate the Claude developer Anthropic a “supply chain risk”. This classification would require anyone doing business with the military to cut ties with the AI company, a senior Pentagon official told Axios. Defence Secretary Pete…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly very angry with Anthropic. According to a report in Axios, Pentagon is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a “supply chain risk”. The designation of “supply chain risk” will mean that any company who wants…
The Pentagon is reportedly considering ending its partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic after it refused to remove certain restrictions on how the military can use its AI models. Citing a senior administration official, Axios reports that the Department of War (previously Department of Defense) are open to significantly reduce the partnership with Anthropic…
US military reportedly used AI chatbot Claude in a mission to capture Nicolás Maduro, raising concerns about its deployment in combat. This comes as Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over AI usage, with the company opposing autonomous weapons and surveillance, while the Defense Department seeks fewer restrictions on classified networks. The US military used Anthropic’s…
AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) The United States is redeploying a carrier strike group from the South China Sea to the US Central Command (Centcom) area of responsibility, which includes the Middle East, as tensions escalate between the Trump administration and Iran, according to sources in the US Defence Headquarters, the Pentagon.The move comes…
It looked like just another harmless plane in the Caribbean sky — white paint, clean lines, no visible weapons until and unless it attacked. The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to resemble a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last…
A group of 9 high-ranking US lawmakers has urged the Department of War (The Pentagon) to blacklist a total of 17 prominent Chinese technology firms, including DeepSeek – the company that stunned global tech sector with the launch of its R1 model in January 2025, and smartphone giant Xiaomi – a major tech players, specifically…
A recent Pentagon report submitted to the US Congress has flagged China’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh as part of Beijing’s stated “core interests”, placing the Indian state alongside Taiwan and major maritime disputes in China’s long-term national strategy. It also highlights the extent of increasing collaboration and partnership between Beijing and Islamabad. The report notes…
Nine US lawmakers have sent a letter to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking a ‘ban’ on 17 Chinese companies. In the letter, the lawmakers urged Pentagon (now Department of War) to add these companies to its 1260H list over alleged links to the Chinese military. List of companies that the letter includes are Chinese…
The US Space Force has awarded SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, five of seven critical military launch missions for the upcoming fiscal year, totaling $714 million. The contracts are said to reinforce SpaceX’s dominance in Pentagon space contracts, despite recent public tensions between Musk and President Donald Trump. United Launch Alliance (ULA) secured the remaining…
