Anthropic and Pentagon Resume Negotiations Over AI Military Access. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is back in talks with the Department of Defense after negotiations collapsed Friday over terms governing military use of the company's Claude AI models. The breakdown came after Trump directed federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's tools and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to designate the company a supply-chain security risk. The core dispute centers on language regarding bulk data analysis, which Amodei says directly addresses concerns about domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons deployment. The $200 million military contract remains in limbo as both parties attempt to reach agreement on acceptable safeguards for AI technology use in defense operations.