Anthropic has resumed negotiations with the US Department of Defense following a public disagreement over restrictions on military use of its technology.
Per media reports, the discussions aim to resolve tensions and potentially restore Pentagon access to Anthropic’s AI models.
The dispute began after CEO Dario Amodei requested limits on the use of the company’s AI, Claude, for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.
Pentagon officials rejected those conditions and briefly designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” to national security, a designation typically reserved for adversaries.
Amodei has been negotiating directly with Emil Michael, under-secretary of defense for research and engineering. He told investors at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that Anthropic and the Pentagon “have much more in common than we have differences” and emphasized that the company does not seek an operational role in military actions.
“We’re still talking to them to try to de-escalate the situation and come to some agreement that works for us and works for them,” Amodei said.
The talks follow a public standoff that included President Trump ordering the military to stop using Anthropic’s AI, Claude, and Hegseth’s supply-chain risk designation.
Sources familiar with military operations confirmed that Claude was used in US operations related to the attack on Iran.