**[US Media: Pentagon Threatens to Cut AI Collaboration with Anthropic]** BlockBeats News, February 15, according to a report by AXIOS, a senior government official revealed that the U.S. Pentagon is considering terminating its partnership with Anthropic due to the AI company’s insistence on imposing certain restrictions on the military's use of its models. Reportedly, the Pentagon is urging four leading AI labs to allow the military to use their tools for "all lawful purposes," including in highly sensitive areas such as weapons development, intelligence gathering, and battlefield operations. Anthropic has yet to agree to these terms. After months of difficult negotiations, the Pentagon has grown frustrated. Anthropic maintains that two areas must remain prohibited: mass surveillance of U.S. citizens and fully autonomous weapons systems. The senior official stated that there is considerable ambiguity regarding what situations fall into these categories and what do not. Moreover, it would be impractical for the Pentagon to negotiate with Anthropic on every specific use case or for Claude to unexpectedly block certain applications. The official remarked, "Anything is possible," including temporarily reducing collaboration with Anthropic or completely ending the partnership. "But if we believe this is the right course of action, then we must find a suitable replacement for them." (Jin10)