
Rep. George Whitesides Urges Safeguards and Oversight Following Reports of Pentagon AI Ultimatum WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman George Whitesides (CA-27), a member of the House Armed Services Committee,sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth following reports that the Pentagon issued an ultimatum to Anthropic demanding “unrestricted” military access to its artificial intelligence technology or risk losing its government contract. Secretary Hegseth gave Anthropic a near-term deadline to remove certain […]