Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else

• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to cut Anthropic from his department’s supply chain unless it agrees to sign off on its technology being used in all lawful milit

Consumer Tech · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 306 words
Pete Hegseth's Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire

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Consumer Tech · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 231 words

Pete Hegseth goes to battle with Anthropic

• Should AI labs unquestioningly obey the Pentagon’s orders?

At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy

At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy

• WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used a pair of stops at Colorado space companies Monday to sharpen a message that has become central to the Trump administration’s

Space & Aerospace · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 329 words