Anthropic's refusal to bend to Washington has cost it Pentagon contracts and earned it a court fight it did not expect
The Trump administration designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, forced it to recall its Mythos AI model under export controls, and banned federal agencies from using its products. While OpenAI and Google secured federal contracts by playing the Washington access game, Anthropic's refusal to allow autonomous weapons use has triggered the most aggressive government action ever taken against a domestic AI company, with real consequences for enterprise buyers and investors prici