The Pentagon's top technology official told CBS News the military has offered compromises to Anthropic in order to reach a deal with the AI giant, amid a feud over whether its technology will be restricted.

CEO Dario Amodei’s statement came less than 24 hours before the deadline in the Pentagon’s ultimatum. Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense’s demands for unrestricted access to its AI.

The dispute stems from the AI startup's refusal to remove safeguards that would prevent its technology from being used to conduct surveillance in US.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.

Defense officials in the Trump administration also warned they could designate Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, as a supply chain risk — or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense Production Act to give the military more sweeping authority to use its products, even if the company doesn’t approve.

The Pentagon’s top spokesman is reiterating that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in legal ways and won’t let the company dictate any limits ahead of

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang weighed in on a conflict between the Defense Department and its strategic partner on Thursday, saying it's “not the end of the world.”

Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.