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Pentagon Signs AI Deals With Eight Developers After Dispute With Anthropic
Emil Michael, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said the U.S. military will never again rely on a single AI vendor as it did with Anthropic. The Pentagon has recent deals with eight leading AI developers that allow use for all lawful purposes. A new Anthropic product, Mythos Preview, has prompted internal U.S. government policies for its adoption.
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U.S. military will never again rely on just one vendor of AI tools as it did with Anthropic, Emil Michael, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said on May 7, 2026. C.
“We were single-threaded on one vendor, one AI vendor at the Department of War, and to integrate into classified systems is not just putting your software on a public cloud and having it work,” he said. “These are sophisticated, protective systems that take a lot of work to integrate on, so it wasn't like I could just turn on a few other models that easily.
” The Pentagon has recent deals with eight leading AI developers.
Michael said the agreements represented a statement of support by a tech industry that not so long ago shied away from military work. He added that the deals allow the Pentagon to use the companies’ tools for all lawful use cases. Anthropic has sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies and their leaders.
The company was declared a national-security risk after declining to allow the Pentagon to use its tools for autonomous weaponry and mass surveillance of Americans. A judge has ordered the White House to stop telling agencies to remove Anthropic's products as the lawsuit proceeds. Anthropic released a new product called Mythos Preview.
The offering has shown groundbreaking ability to spot cyber vulnerabilities. U.S. government has drafted internal policies that would allow agencies to use Mythos. Michael addressed the product's significance directly.
