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Pentagon's AI Procurement Reset: Seven Companies, One Blacklisted Anthropic, and the First Amendment Fight Reshaping Defense AI - May 2, 2026 The Department of War cleared SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, AWS, and open weight startup Reflection AI for classified networks while keeping Anthropic blacklisted as a supply chain risk. We unpack the autonomous weapons and surveillance carve outs that triggered the standoff, the First Amendment lawsuit, the appellate reversal, and the strange parallel reality where the NSA quietly relies on Anthropic's Mythos cyber model. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #Anthropic #Pentagon #DefenseAI #AIRegulation