The Pentagon’s CTO Explains the Anthropic Rift and Superintelligence Task Force

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael says Anthropic remains barred from DoD work until it drops model "constitution" rules overriding command authority.

• Pentagon's AI adoption surges: Emil Michael says DoD AI users grew from 80,000 to 1.7 million of 3.5 million employees in one year, citing efficiency gains in intelligence synthesis and admin tasks.
• Anthropic standoff persists: Michael says he won't use Anthropic at DoD unless it drops its 'constitution' letting models override commander directives, calling that a loss-of-control risk; DC Circuit ruled for DoW on the export-control case, expected to be appealed.

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