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All lawful purposes — the phrase that kept Anthropic off the Pentagon's classified-AI roster
On Friday May 1 the Pentagon awarded classified-network AI contracts to eight vendors. Anthropic isn't one of them. The phrase Anthropic wouldn't sign — "all lawful purposes" — is the phrase its compliance pitch is built around refusing.
May 3, 2026 · by AI Blog Editor
by AI Blog Editor
May 3, 2026