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Michael: Pentagon feared Anthropic would shut off military systems during crises
“It was really the, you worry, I worried about them shutting off our system at a moment of need or them messing with our system at a moment of need. Those were, we were scared.”
Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 59:18 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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Michael: Defense contractors are banned from using Anthropic for fighter jets
“Boeing wants to use it to build fighter jets. I can't have that because I don't trust what the outputs may be because they're so wedded to their own policy preferences.”
Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 58:20 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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Michael: Pentagon spent three months negotiating standards with Anthropic before dropping them
“And I was trying to work with them. Why would I spend three months trying to negotiate with them to get to a symbol standard if I would've just said, okay, guys, you're out.”
Emil Michael Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 1:08:31 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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