Emil Michael: Anthropic exec asked Palantir if AI was used in Maduro raid
Emil Michael · War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael · Mar 6, 2026 · at 46:25
Emil Michael, US Under Secretary of War, details the trigger event that escalated tensions between the Pentagon and Anthropic over classified military operations.
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“After the Maduro raid, one of their execs called Palantir, who we buy themselves through and asked them was our software used in that raid, which is by the way, classified information.”
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