Pentagon developing anthropic alternatives, report says

After them great fallIt doesn’t look like Anthropic and Pentagon are getting back together.

Instead, the Pentagon is developing tools to replace Anthropic’s AI, according to Bloomberg interview and Cameron Stanley, chief digital officer and director of AI at the Pentagon.

“The department is pursuing a number of LLMs in relevant government areas,” he said. “Technical work has begun on these LLMs, and we expect them to be available for use soon.”

Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) fell apart a few weeks ago after the two parties failed to reach an agreement on a scale the military could get. unlimited opportunities to Anthropic’s AI.

Although Anthropic wanted to include a clause in the agreement that would prevent the Pentagon from using its AI to monitor Americans or deploy weapons that can fire without human intervention, the Pentagon did not budge. Instead, OpenAI stepped in and made his own agreement and the Pentagon. The Department of Defense — known under the Trump administration as the War Department — also signed a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI. using Grok in select groups.

It makes sense, then, that the Pentagon would be working to remove Anthropic technology from its systems. While other reports say it was less possibility that Anthropic could join the Pentagon, this story shows that the government is planning to move forward without them.

Instead, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that Anthropic a Supply Chain Riska name usually reserved for foreign adversaries, which prevents companies that work with the Pentagon from working with Anthropic as well. Anthropic is try it this to the court.