The new rules come after the Pentagon's very public clash against Claude AI maker Anthropic over potential use of its models for automated weapons and mass domestic surveillance programmes. Also Read | Pentagon vs Anthropic: Top US official opens up on clash with AI firmThe rules are aimed at strengthening procurement of AI services for the US government, it added. A source also told the publication that the US Department of War is mulling similar conditions for its future military contracts. The phrasing draws from US President Donald Trump's executive order against alleged “woke” AI models. “Yesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have been designated as a supply chain risk to America's national security.

Source: Mint March 07, 2026 06:37 UTC