Defense Department says Anthropic poses 'unacceptable risk' to national security The Pentagon has submitted a court filing in response to Anthropic's lawsuit challenging its 'supply chain risk' designation. …
… Engadget received the following statement from an Anthropic spokesperson: "Seeking judicial review does not change our longstanding commitment to harnessing AI to protect our national security, but this is a necessary step to protect our business, our customers, and our partners. …
… "These expanded industry collaborations help us scale our work in the public interest at a critical moment." The deal reportedly calls for Google, Microsoft and xAI to provide their models to CAISI with reduced or even disabled safeguards in order for the organization to probe them for national sec… …
… "The DMs draft measures raise urgent and serious concerns. If confirmed, they would create profound risks for user privacy, security, and safety as well as device integrity and performance," the company reportedly wrote. …
… It's fair to say the Trump administration has been quite laissez-faire in terms of the risks and potential harms associated with AI," said Jain. …
… The Defense Department also officially labeled it as a supply chain risk, which is typically reserved for entities typically based in US adversaries like China that threaten national security. …
… Anthropic claims that this model has found thousands of exploitable vulnerabilities, "including some in every major operating system and web browser." The company said it wants to begin using its tools defensively to prevent malicious use of AI that could cause severe consequences for economies and… …
… Find and fix vulnerabilities earlier with Daybreak pic.twitter.com/yobOSWYeWP — OpenAI @OpenAI May 11, 2026 Daybreak will use GPT-5.5 for general purposes and GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber for most defensive security workflows, including "secure code review, vulnerability triage, malware an…
… In rare cases, someone from the AI company could be granted the appropriate security clearance to see classified information. Aalok Mehta, who previously led AI policy efforts at Google and OpenAI, told the publication that training models on classified data carries certain risks. …
… This has prompted some skepticism among security researchers but also fear that AI-generated cyber attacks could become a "real threat," CTO of cloud security firm Edera Alex Zenla recently told Wired . …