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The Pentagon just gave Anthropic until Friday to hand over Claude AI with all safety restrictions removed—no limits on mass surveillance or autonomous weapons—or face contract cancellation and potential forced handover under the Defense Production Act. Anthropic's CEO said no to $200 million, refusing to strip protections against mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous killing, while the Pentagon's own spokesman claims they don't even want those capabilities anyway. This is either the last principled stand in AI ethics or about to become the blueprint for how governments worldwide force tech companies to remove safety features when it's convenient.