Leaked emails between Anthropic CEO, Pentagon IT head spark national security concerns

Newly unsealed court documents reveal the tense email exchange between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Pentagon undersecretary Emil Michael that ended their partnership. The emails show Amodei’s refusal to drop his redlines—no autonomous weapons, no domestic surveillance—clashing with the Pentagon’s push for “all lawful uses.” The fallout saw Anthropic branded a “supply-chain risk,” a label the company is still fighting in court. Newly unsealed court documents reveal the tense email exchange between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Pentagon undersecretary Emil Michael that ended their partnership. The emails show Amodei’s refusal to drop his redlines—no autonomous weapons, no domestic surveillance—clashing with the Pentagon’s push for “all lawful uses.” The fallout saw Anthropic branded a “supply-chain risk,” a label the company is still fighting in court.