Pentagon Strikes Classified AI Deals With OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — But Not Anthropic
The U.S. Department of Defense moved fast on May 1st, announcing classified AI network agreements with seven major technology companies—a flurry of deals that draws a stark new line between the AI companies that will shape America’s military capabilities and one prominent holdout: Anthropic. The Pentagon confirmed agreements with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, xAI (Elon Musk’s AI company), and Reflection AI, granting each company access to classified defense networks for AI deployment. The agreements, each worth up to $200 million, represent a significant expansion of the military’s AI infrastructure plans. ...