## Pentagon, Anthropic Near Alignment Despite Trump’s Public ‘Kaput’
A newly unsealed court filing reveals a striking disconnect between public pronouncements and internal communications regarding the Pentagon’s relationship with AI firm Anthropic. Just one week after then-President Trump publicly declared the government’s collaboration with Anthropic “kaput,” the Pentagon privately informed the company that the two sides were “nearly aligned.”
The filing, part of ongoing litigation, sheds light on the internal perspective of the Department of Defense, which evidently maintained a more optimistic view of its partnership with Anthropic than suggested by the White House’s public stance. This revelation underscores potential complexities and internal tensions within the government’s approach to critical technology partnerships during that period.