Artificial Intelligence

President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic technology after the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safety. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said Friday he was designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move that could prevent U.S. military vendors from working with the company. Trump’s comments Friday came just before the Pentagon’s deadline for Anthropic to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology or face consequences. Anthropic says it will challenge the supply risk designation in court.

Marines Corps Lt. Gen. Jay Bargeron said getting its amphibious groups to an 80% readiness rate up from about 50% is a top priority.

The Equifax Social Services Outlook Index highlights how frontline workers view technology as a vital partner in simplifying complex processes.

Defense officials in the Trump administration also warned they could designate Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, as a supply chain risk.

“Veterans are already extremely well positioned to transition into roles that have low likelihood for disruption due to AI,” Charlotte Creech said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract. Defense officials warned Tuesday that they could designate Anthropic a supply chain risk or use the Defense Production Act to essentially give the military more authority to use its products even if it doesn’t approve of how they are used. That’s according to a person familiar with the meeting and a senior Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Anthropic makes the chatbot Claude and is the last of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military internal network.

The Supreme Court said it is now using newly developed software to assist in identifying potential conflicts for the justices.

In operational technology environments where patching timelines are long, the speed of AI-developed exploits poses a grave risk to critical infrastructure.

The voluntary guidelines come as financial institutions increasingly rely on AI to support decision-making, customer engagement and operational functions.

Before AI agents run amok, a new NIST project is seeking feedback on the secure use of the fast evolving technology.

NIH’s AI use cases rose to 124 last year, as the agency navigated staff cuts. But many of the NIH’s AI projects remain in pilot mode.

Federal agencies that build efficient safeguards into their approach will set themselves up for steadier, more dependable AI adoption.

The IRS moved more than 1,000 IT employees out of its tech shop. Few have been reassigned to permanent roles, but many are helping out with the filing season.

“It has to be a well-coordinated approach. One of the challenges is multiple agencies are involved…everyone has to be on the same page,” Cardell Johnson said.

Federal agency and industry executives say understanding where technology can have the biggest return on investment will drive modernization journeys.