Pentagon offers compromises to Anthropic by Friday 5:01pm deadline over AI military use; risks cutting $200M contract, invoking Defense Production Act if Claude model restrictions on surveillance, autonomous targeting aren't resolved.

As Pentagon-Anthropic feud risks boiling over, military says it's made compromises to AI giant

Updated on: February 26, 2026 / 5:38 PM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google As the U.S. military's partnership with artificial intelligence giant Anthropic teeters on the edge of collapse, the Pentagon's top technology official told CBS News the department has offered compromises in order to reach a deal with the company.The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday at 5:01 p.m. to either let the military use the company's AI model for "all lawful purposes" or risk losing a lucrative Pentagon...