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- Oct 1720:07
OpenAI Wins Pentagon Classified-Systems Deal, Agreeing to "All Lawful Purposes" With Its Own Technical Safeguards
The Pentagon reshuffled its AI suppliers within a week — hours after Anthropic was designated a supply-chain risk, OpenAI won the classified-systems deal; "all lawful purposes plus self-imposed technical safeguards" sets a new template for lab-military cooperation.
- Oct 1420:05
Anthropic Seeks Rehearing on Pentagon's 'National Security Supply Chain Risk' Label
the rehearing is the last regular procedural shot after the 2-1 September loss; the outcome decides whether a frontier lab that refused weapons use can rejoin the Pentagon's supplier list.
- Oct 1120:08
Anthropic Updates Claude Usage Policy: Armed Drones Named and Banned, Effective Nov 12
in its first major policy overhaul in over a year, Anthropic wrote explicit bans on arming drones and on deciding who gets arrested — effective Nov 12 — its first written restatement of both red lines since the Pentagon stopped using Claude on Oct 5.