Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon

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Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) broke down last week after the two parties failed to come to an agreement over the degree to which the military could obtain unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI. When the DOD made a deal with OpenAI instead, it seemed that the military’s relationship with Anthropic would come to a close — but new reporting from the Financial Times and Bloomberg say that Amodei resumed negotiations with Pentagon official Emil Michael. When Anthropic refused to comply, the DOD turned around and struck a deal with OpenAI instead.

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