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Pentagon taps 7 tech companies for classified AI, shuns Anthropic

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The Department of Defense announced Friday an agreement with seven major technology companies to use their artificial intelligence tools in its classified networks.

Not included: Anthropic, which the Trump administration has blacklisted over Anthropic’s insistence that the Pentagon include certain safety guardrails for the government’s use of AI in warfare. But the White House reopened discussions with Anthropic in recent weeks after the company made significant announcements about several technology breakthroughs.

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