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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on during a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Experts raise questions and concerns about Pentagon’s threat to blacklist Anthropic amid AI spat

Some warned that such a move would mark an extreme response from the DOD that could have a chilling effect on the broader frontier AI industry.

Feb 27, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Pentagon reaches important waypoint in long journey toward adopting ‘responsible AI’

Experts weigh in on the department's new Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway.

Jun 29, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Kathleen Hicks takes a phone call from a senator shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing for Deputy Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Pentagon unveils long-awaited plan for implementing ‘responsible AI’

This new pathway makes DOD’s responsible AI policy tractable for implementation, according to its second in command.

Jun 22, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Aerial view of the United States Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway and the Air Force Memorial and Arlington Cemetery nearby. — (Getty Images)

Pentagon names new chief of responsible artificial intelligence

Diane Staheli will help steer the Pentagon's implementation of policies, practices, standards and metrics for buying and building "trustworthy" AI.

May 24, 2022 By Brandi Vincent