Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude

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Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude

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Defense Secretary summons Anthropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude

Mon Feb 23 2026

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for a tense discussion over the military's use of Claude. Hegseth has threatened to designate Anthropic a "supply chain risk."