# Defense Production Act

Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Demand for Unfettered Access to Claude, Citing Conscience and Safety Limits

Anthropic has publicly refused a Pentagon demand for unrestricted access to its AI model Claude, citing ethical and safety limits on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The Defense Department reportedly threatened to label the company a supply-chain risk and invoke the Defense Production Act; talks between Anthropic's CEO and the defense secretary did not resolve the dispute.