| 2026-03-23 | Sen. Warren Calls Anthropic Blacklist "Retaliation" for AI Safety Positions — Says DOD Trying to Strong-Arm Companies Into Bulk Surveillance
3 src Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Pentagon-Anthropic Dispute Rekindles Silicon Valley Anti-War Movement — Worker Coalitions Demand Companies Refuse Unrestricted Military AI
1 src tech worker coalitions · Palmer Luckey · Pete Hegseth | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Feinberg Signs Memo Designating Palantir Maven as Official DOD "Program of Record" — Locking in Long-Term Funding Despite Claude Dependency
3 src Steve Feinberg · Palantir · U.S. Army · Pentagon CDAO |
| 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"
1 src Anthropic · Sarah Heck · Thiyagu Ramasamy · Emil Michael · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Lawfare Analysis Argues Judge Should Block Government-Wide Ban and "Secondary Boycott" but Allow Pentagon to Stop Buying From Anthropic
1 src Alan Rozenshtein · Judge Rita Lin | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Democracy Now Airs Segment on Pentagon's AI Kill Chain — Palantir Maven Reduced Targeting From "Tens of Thousands of Hours" to "Seconds"
2 src Palantir · Pentagon · Craig Jones | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | DOD Files 40-Page Rebuttal Claiming Anthropic Might "Disable Its Technology" During Warfighting Operations Over Corporate Red Lines
2 src Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Anthropic · Chris Mattei |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Military Users Warn Claude Replacement Could Take 12-18 Months — Pentagon IT Staff "Slow-Rolling" Transition
2 src Pentagon IT staff · defense contractors · Palantir |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | ~150 Retired Federal and State Judges File Bipartisan Amicus Brief Supporting Anthropic Against Pentagon Blacklist
2 src former federal judges · Anthropic |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Pentagon Confirms Working to Replace Anthropic's Claude — OpenAI Already Deployed, Google Gemini Next in Line
3 src Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · OpenAI · Google |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Pentagon Plans to Let AI Companies Train Military Models on Classified Intelligence Data — OpenAI and xAI Already Have Agreements
1 src Pentagon CDAO · OpenAI · xAI |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Broad Tech Coalition Files Amicus Briefs Supporting Anthropic — TechNet Warns Procurement Now "Contingent on Political Favor"
3 src TechNet · Sam Altman · OpenAI · Google · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Sen. Warren Questions Pentagon Granting Musk's xAI Access to Classified Military Networks Despite Grok's Harmful Outputs
2 src Sen. Elizabeth Warren · Pete Hegseth · Elon Musk · xAI |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | 120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+
3 src Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Says "No Chance" of Renewed Anthropic Negotiations, Accuses Company of "Leaking and Bad Faith"
4 src Emil Michael · Anthropic · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-08 | EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk
5 src OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-07 | OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns
6 src OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled
5 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company
6 src Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
6 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash
5 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
6 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
5 src Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access
5 src Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |