Tag: Pentagon

Pentagon Claims Anthropic’s Use of Foreign Workforce Pose National Security Risks

USA – According to a court filing, the Pentagon said that the artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic’s use of foreign workforce poses national security risks. In a March 17 declaration, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael said employing foreign nationals, including many from China, “increases the degree of adversarial risk” should these […]

Anthropic to Challenge US National Security Supply-Chain Risk Designation in Court

USA – Anthropic will challenge its designation as a US national security supply-chain risk in court, according to its CEO Dario Amodei. The designation followed a dispute between the firm and the US Department of Defense over how its AI models, known as Claude, could be used in military contexts. Anthropic said it was informed […]

Pentagon Announces $6.52 Billion in Foreign Military Sales to Israel

ISRAEL – The Pentagon announced on Friday that the US State Department had approved a potential foreign military sales to Israel totaling about $6.52 billion. The approvals include a possible sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment worth an estimated $3.8 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. Boeing and Lockheed […]

Dozens of Pentagon Reporters Refuse to Sign New Media Rules

USA – On Wednesday, dozens of Pentagon reporters returned their budges after refusing to agree on new restrictive media rules set by the Defense Department. “Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said in a statement. The deadline to […]