| 2026-03-23 | Sen. Warren Calls Anthropic Blacklist "Retaliation" for AI Safety Positions — Says DOD Trying to Strong-Arm Companies Into Bulk Surveillance Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Anthropic Filing Reveals Pentagon Emailed Day After Blacklist Saying Sides Were "Very Close" — Calls DOD Claim of Approval Demand "A Central Falsehood" Anthropic · Sarah Heck · Thiyagu Ramasamy · Emil Michael · +1 |
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| 2026-03-18 | DOD Files 40-Page Rebuttal Claiming Anthropic Might "Disable Its Technology" During Warfighting Operations Over Corporate Red Lines Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic · Chris Mattei |
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| 2026-03-17 | ~150 Retired Federal and State Judges File Bipartisan Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic Against Pentagon Blacklist former federal judges · Anthropic |
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| 2026-03-16 | Time/CDT Op-Ed Reveals Pentagon Wanted Anthropic to Help Collect and Analyze Bulk Commercial Data on Americans Center for Democracy and Technology · Pentagon · Anthropic |
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| 2026-03-13 | Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Says "No Chance" of Renewed Anthropic Negotiations, Accuses Company of "Leaking and Bad Faith" Emil Michael · Anthropic · Pentagon |
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| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +7 |
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| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3 |
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| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth |
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| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
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| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
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| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 |
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| 2026-03-04 | Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 |
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| 2026-03-03 | AI Industry Super PAC Backed by OpenAI Insiders and Palantir Pours Millions Into Blocking AI-Regulation Candidate Alex Bores OpenAI · Palantir Technologies · Greg Brockman · Joe Lonsdale · +5 |
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| 2026-02-27 | AI Industry Super PACs Deploy $125 Million to Target Pro-Regulation Candidates in 2026 Midterms Greg Brockman · OpenAI · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +5 |
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| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
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| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 |
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| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
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| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense |
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| 2025-06-26 | Anthropic Claude in Amazon Bedrock Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 in AWS GovCloud Anthropic · Amazon Web Services · U.S. Federal Government · Department of Defense · +1 |
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| 2024-11-15 | Anthropic Secures Comprehensive FedRAMP High Certification for Government AI Deployment Anthropic · Palantir · U.S. intelligence agencies · Defense agencies · +4 |
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| 2023-11-04 | xAI Launches Grok with Minimal Safety Guardrails Elon Musk · xAI · Anthropic |
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