Washington had given the artificial intelligence startup until Friday 5.01 pm to agree to unconditional military use of its technology.

US-based Artificial Intelligence company Anthropic has said it cut off access to its AI model- Claude for firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), forgoing several hundred million dollars in

Debates have long swirled around AI and its use in weapons targeting, the idea of no human involvement still an uncomfortable one.

The Pentagon's top technology official told CBS News the military has offered compromises to Anthropic, amid a feud over whether its powerful AI technology will be restricted — but Anthropic called the offer inadequate.

The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.

More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled 10 new ways for business customers to plug in its technology to key areas of their work, weeks after other releases sparked an aggressive selloff in traditional software company shares.

The Pentagon may decide to officially designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government, sources say.