A policy clash over military AI is unfolding in Washington after the Pentagon labelled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, citing guardrails in its Claude model that restrict lethal autonomous strikes and some surveillance uses. Anthropic argues the limits define responsible military AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also faced questions from lawmakers on AI in warfare. The debate comes as competition among Google, Meta and other AI labs intensifies and Ukraine opens drone combat data to train defence AI.

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