When Your Ally Rewrites the Rules: The Anthropic-Pentagon Standoff and What It Means for Canada
What's Happening
On February 24, 2026, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic — the company behind the AI model Claude — a deadline of Friday, February 27 at 5:01pm to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of its technology for "all lawful purposes," or face severe consequences including contract termination, designation as a "supply chain risk," or compulsion under the Defense Production Act (DPA).