For weeks, Michael, a former top executive at Uber, had been negotiating a $200 million artificial intelligence contract with the AI company Anthropic for the Pentagon. The talks had hit obstacles as the agency demanded unfettered use of Anthropic’s AI systems, while the company countered that it would not allow its technology to be used for purposes such as the surveillance of Americans.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had set the…

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