This week on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger, and Zoë Schiffer dive into our scoop on how a defense contractor connected Claude Code to…
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A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
Earlier this year, sources tell WIRED, a contractor caused a security incident at the Department of Defense by connecting a secure centralized system used by…
The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up ‘Kill Chain’ AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos
An under-the-radar procurement program led by the Department of Defense has been granting special statuses to would-be defense contractors that make it easier for the…
Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Designate Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk
Anthropic lost a legal battle to overturn one of the supply-chain risk labels that the US Department of Defense slapped on the company, as a…
Pentagon releases UFO files on new website |
The Trump administration on Friday launched a new website that will house a collection of “new, never-before-seen” files about UFOs, according to the Pentagon. (And…
Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks |
9:02 AM PDT · May 1, 2026 After landing agreements with Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday that it has…
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput |
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an…
Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks |
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday expressing concern over the Pentagon’s decision to give Elon Musk’s company…
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
Anthropic executives allege that current customers and prospective ones have been demanding new terms and even backing out of negotiations since the US Department of…