The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any restrictions for their use. Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their...

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The EFF calls on Anthropic to resist pressure from the U.S. Secretary of Defense, who has threatened to label the AI company a 'supply chain risk' unless it removes restrictions on military use of its technology. The dispute stems from Anthropic's refusal to allow its AI to be used for autonomous weapons systems and surveillance—two 'bright red lines' stated by CEO Dario Amodei. The controversy escalated after Anthropic suspected its AI, deployed via a Palantir partnership, was used during a January 2026 attack on Venezuela. EFF argues that government coercion should not be a reason for tech companies to abandon their stated human rights and civil liberties commitments.

Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance