The Pentagon is focusing on integrating cyber into all its operations, and wants to make sure it integrates security into artificial intelligence usage from the outset, the Defense Department’s top cyber policy official said Tuesday. Recent conflicts have made clear how important cyber is, said Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber…
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The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America
The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found. La Tilde quietly began development early this year and appears to still be a work in progress, pitching itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences…
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The Pentagon Finally Admits That Location Data Is a Battlefield Problem
The Pentagon confirmed adversaries are using commercial location data to track U.S. troops, exposing risks tied to smartphones and ad-tech networks. For years, security researchers, privacy advocates, and intelligence analysts have been warning about the same thing: smartphone location data isn’t just an advertising product. It’s surveillance infrastructure that anyone with enough money can access.…
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A $50 Million Rocket Deal Fueled by Trump’s Hypersonic Dreams
The deal reflects a wave of change reshaping the aerospace industry as the Pentagon and venture-capital firms warm to startups.
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AI, Cyberwarfare, and Autonomous Weapons: Inside America’s New Military Strategy
The Pentagon is integrating AI into military operations, transforming cybersecurity, targeting, and command systems into a unified warfare architecture. May 2026 marks a turning point in the evolution of modern warfare: the convergence of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and conventional military power is no longer theoretical. It is becoming an operational reality. The Pentagon has signed…
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Court Denies Anthropic Request to End Defense Department Punishment
The company is involved in two separate legal actions related to being blacklisted by the Pentagon.
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U.S. Government’s Ban on Anthropic Looks Like Punishment Attempt, Judge Says
The judge spoke at a hearing where the AI company sought to challenge its designation by the Pentagon as a national security risk.
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Anthropic ban heralds new era of supply chain risk — with no clear playbook
The Trump administration’s decision to ban AI company Anthropic from Pentagon assets and other government systems as a “supply chain risk” could force CISOs into a position few have faced before: preparing to identify, isolate, and potentially remove a specific AI technology from across their organizations without a clear understanding of where it resides or…
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OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us
OpenAI claims it has accomplished what Anthropic couldn’t: securing a Pentagon contract that won’t cross professed red lines against dragnet domestic spying and the use of artificial intelligence to order lethal military strikes. Just don’t expect any proof. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, announced the company’s big win with the Defense Department in a post on…
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Sam Altman Wants Elected Officials, Not OpenAI, to Decide How Military Uses AI
CEO’s comments come as OpenAI has drawn criticism over its Pentagon deal; “This process has some deep flaws.”
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Anthropic poaches users from rival chatbots with easier migration
The controversy over Anthropic’s negotiations with the Pentagon has driven increased interest in Claude. Negotiations between the Department of Defense and Anthropic collapsed after a deadline for an agreement expired without a deal. The Pentagon had pressed the company to loosen certain restrictions on how its AI systems could be used. Anthropic declined and kept…
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Apple’s Chip Homecoming
Plus, Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, why iPhones should have privacy screens, Nvidia’s new inference chip and Block’s layoffs.
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Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute
Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a “supply chain risk.” “This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance…
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Trump Will End Government Use of Anthropic’s AI Models
Move follows weeks of tension between Pentagon and Anthropic over AI guardrails.
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Calls for De-Escalation in Anthropic Showdown With Hegseth
Anthropic has spent weeks at odds with the Pentagon over the scope of how its Claude AI tools can be used.
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SpaceX Joins Pentagon’s $100M Voice-Controlled Drone Challenge
The race to command drone swarms by voice has begun. SpaceX is competing in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to develop software that allows battlefield commanders to control large fleets of autonomous drones using plain-language commands, according to Bloomberg. The initiative, led by the Defense Innovation Unit, is designed as a fast-moving competition to…
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‘Woke’ AI Spat Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic
The Pentagon might ask contractors and vendors to certify that they don’t use Anthropic’s Claude amid tensions over how the startup’s tools are used for defense work.