Anthropic has launched The Anthropic Institute, a new public-interest effort focused on the social challenges posed by powerful AI. The company says the group will combine technical, economic, and social-science expertise to inform the broader public conversation.
Anthropic says a March 4 Department of War letter designates it as a supply chain risk, but argues the scope is narrow and will challenge the action in court.
OpenAI said on February 28, 2026 that it reached an agreement with the Department of War for classified AI deployments, and posted a March 2 update adding explicit domestic-surveillance limitation language. The company highlights cloud-only deployment, retained safety-stack control, and cleared personnel-in-the-loop safeguards.
Anthropic announced it will legally challenge the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation, issued after the company refused to assist with military surveillance programs. It's an unprecedented move for an AI company against the federal government.
The US Treasury Department announced it will terminate all use of Anthropic AI products following Trump's executive order designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the company refused military surveillance assistance.
A King's College London study tested ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in Cold War-style nuclear crisis simulations. AI models chose nuclear escalation in 95% of scenarios and left all eight de-escalation options entirely unused across 21 games.
After the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to immediately stop using Anthropic AI and the Pentagon designated Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk', Anthropic announced it will fight the designation in court. Meanwhile, OpenAI struck a deal with the Pentagon.
Following President Trump's order barring federal agencies from using Anthropic products, Claude surged to the top of the US App Store's free apps chart, with daily signups hitting all-time records and free users growing over 60% since January.
President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products after the company refused Pentagon demands. OpenAI signed a deal with similar but accepted guardrails within hours.
The India AI Impact Summit drew pledges exceeding $250 billion, with Adani Group committing $100B for renewable-powered AI data centers and Reliance Industries pledging $110B over seven years. Microsoft also committed $50B for Global South AI infrastructure.
In a February 26 statement, Anthropic said it will keep supporting U.S. defense and intelligence deployments but refuses two uses: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Anthropic posted a policy statement on February 26, 2026 outlining its Department of War engagement and two limits it says it will not remove. The company says it will continue defense support but rejects mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons at current reliability levels.