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Pentagon AI Push Widens as Anthropic Fight Moves to Vetting
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The Pentagon is expanding classified AI deals, battlefield tools, and autonomous-warfare command structures while Anthropic remains a flashpoint over surveillance, targeting, and procurement leverage. The White House is also moving toward model vetting after Mythos raised cyber-risk alarms.
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