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Sunday, 26 April 2026

Anthropic Denies Pentagon Claims of AI ‘Kill Switch’ in Court Filing

 Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has formally denied the Pentagon's assertions that it retains control over its Claude AI models once they are deployed on classified military networks, according to a new court filing. The company stated it has "no back door or remote kill switch" for its systems and that its personnel cannot log into defense department systems to modify or disable a running model.

This dispute became public in a filing to a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, where Anthropic challenged what it called the "key US administration claim" that the firm granted itself an "operational veto." The AI system supplied to the Pentagon is a "static" model, the company argued, meaning it does not change on its own after deployment and the company cannot push unsanctioned changes. 

The legal conflict stems from the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic a "supply-chain risk to national security" on February 27, a label that effectively bars the company from government contracts.  President Donald Trump has publicly criticized the company, accusing it of being run by "left-wing nut jobs." ...<<<Read More>>>....