Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon

Microsoft backs Anthropic in amicus brief to halt US DOD's 'supply-chain risk' designation - Reuters

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Microsoft and retired military chiefs back AI company Anthropic in court fight against Pentagon - AP News

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Pentagon memo orders removal of Anthropic AI technology from key national systems

CBS News exclusively obtained a Pentagon memo from earlier this month that went out to several senior defense leaders and commanders. It ordered the removal of Anthropic's AI technology from key national systems. Jo Ling Kent reports.

Internal Pentagon memo orders military commanders to remove Anthropic AI technology from key systems - CBS News

Anthropic sues the Trump administration over 'supply chain risk' label

The Pentagon told suppliers they can't use Anthropic's artificial intelligence tools after the company said it would not let its tech be used for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.

OpenAI, Anthropic feud could prop up Google

<p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/14/wall-street-alphabet-gemini-google-ai-apple" target="_blank">Google</a> is quietly expanding its Pentagon work — and growing users faster than its rivals — while Anthropic and OpenAI publicly spar over conditions for Defense Department work.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Winning the AI race may depend on knowing when to stay out of scuffles.</p><hr><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>"When you have two major companies fighting each other, it is a good distraction for another company to come in and learn from their mistakes and just go all the way to the top," PitchBook's Harrison Rolfes tells Axios.</p><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Google is set to provide AI agents to the Pentagon's 3-million-person workforce for unclassified work, Bloomberg <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-pentagon-ai-agents-unclassified-140000306.html" target="_blank">reported Tuesday</a>.</p><ul><li>The news came just one day after riv...