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Investing.com -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded AI company Anthropic a two-year prototype agreement worth up to $200 million to develop frontier artificial intelligence capabilities for national security purposes.
The contract, issued through the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), will involve Anthropic working directly with defense officials to create AI prototypes fine-tuned on Department of Defense data.
"This award opens a new chapter in Anthropic’s commitment to supporting U.S. national security, which is where our earliest federal deployments began more than a year ago," said Thiyagu Ramasamy, Anthropic’s Head of Public Sector.
The collaboration will focus on identifying high-impact applications for frontier AI in defense contexts, developing risk mitigation strategies against potential adversarial uses of AI, and exchanging technical insights to accelerate responsible AI adoption across defense operations.
Anthropic emphasized that its AI systems are designed to be reliable, interpretable, and steerable - qualities the company considers essential for government applications where decisions affect millions of people.
This agreement builds on Anthropic’s existing government partnerships, including a recent announcement that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will provide Anthropic’s AI capabilities to over 10,000 scientists, researchers, and staff to support research in nuclear deterrence, energy security, and materials science.
The company has also partnered with Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) to integrate its Claude AI into classified defense and intelligence networks, enabling rapid processing and analysis of complex data. Anthropic’s custom-built Claude Gov models are already deployed by various national security agencies using Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services infrastructure.
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