Anthropic Fires Back at Pentagon in AI Contract Dispute

0:00On April 23rd, and Throbbig just fired back at the Pentagon and Federal Appeals Court, saying their AI tool, Claude, can't be tweaked or messed with once. It's running in classified military networks. This comes after the Trump administration slapped them with a supply chain risk label, basically calling them a potential security threat like foreign, saboteurs. The B started over a canceled $200 million contract, sparked by disagreements on using AI and fully autonomous weapons, and maybe even spying on Americans. And Throbbig filed a massive 96-page response in Washington, D.C. Court on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026, straight up. Debunking those manipulation claims. Folks are watching close because this stigma hurts and Throbbig's rep as a hot AI player, right up there with open AI. The label sticks around in this case, even though it got lifted after they won a similar fight in San Francisco Federal Court. Now, the Pentagon gets a chance to clap back before oral arguments on May 19th.

1:03Meanwhile, open AI jumped in and snagged a military deal after Anthropics' contract got axed. This legal tussle shows how tense things are getting between big tech AI firms and the defense world could reshape who supplies the militaries. Next gen tools. You've been listening to U.S. News Today, AI-powered national coverage.