Anthropic’s Pentagon Fight Hits the Open-Model Wars — July 29, 2026

Anthropic Pentagon filings put the supply-chain-risk fight back in court, while Dario Amodei breaks from Big Tech’s open-model letter and lobbying records show Anthropic naming distillation and export controls. The stakes: who sets military and frontier-AI rules. In this episode: Top stories: 1. New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput ~ TechVersusMan | Global Tech and Startup News — TechVersusMan https://techversusman.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told.html 2. Step Back: If the Pentagon privately said it was nearly aligned with Anthropic just a week after Trump declared the relationship over, how could that contradiction affect the court case—does it undermine the supply-chain-risk designation, or is the president’s rhetoric legally beside the point? 3. Why Didn't Anthropic Sign the Open Model Letter? AI ... — PCMag https://www.pcmag.com/news/why-didnt-anthropic-sign-the-open-model-letter-ai-offense-outpaces-defense 4. Lobbying Filings Show Anthropic Named Distillation and Export Controls. OpenAI's Did Not. - DEV Community — DEV Community https://dev.to/breachprotocol/lobbying-filings-show-anthropic-named-distillation-and-export-controls-openais-did-not-mn0 Follow and rate Anthropic Pentagon Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email [email protected]