Will Anthropic be forced to make a version of Claude for war? And does a new paper expose the risks of Claude agents, in both OpenClaw and the field of war? Plus, 5 more twists in the story of the Pentagon versus Anthropic + some AI lab employees, and a petition that could change everything, or nothing...

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Deadline Day + Petition
02:42 - Twist 1: Existing Deal
03:26 - Twist 2: Existing Policy
04:21 - Twist 3: Twin Threats
05:54 - Twist 4: Interesting Objections
11:32 - Twist 5: Anthropic’s Dropped Policy

Dario Statement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war

Google/OpenAI Petition: https://notdivided.org/

Axios on Amodei Rejection: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/26/anthropic-rejects-pentagon-ai-terms

FT on US Threat: https://www.ft.com/content/11d27612-d6c5-4cf7-94dd-f65603549b7f

Politico on Latest: https://archive.ph/20260227013117/https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135

The Verge on Current Deal: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/883456/anthropic-pentagon-department-of-defense-negotiations

Anthropic RSP change: https://www.anthropic.com/news/responsible-scaling-policy-v3

Time Magazine on RSP: https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

Agent of Chaos Paper: https://x.com/NatalieShapira/status/2026062499599319526

AI Agent Reliability Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16666

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