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title: "Pentagon Hires Google and OpenAI to Replace Anthropic AI"
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published_at: "2026-10-06T19:10:35.000Z"
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summary: "The US Department of Defense ended its relationship with Anthropic over autonomous weapons safeguards and signed contracts with Google, OpenAI, and xAI, though Claude remained integrated into the Palantir-run Maven platform due to removal difficulties."
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# Pentagon Hires Google and OpenAI to Replace Anthropic AI

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**Published:** 2026-10-06T19:10:35.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** anthropic, safety

## Summary

The US Department of Defense ended its relationship with Anthropic over autonomous weapons safeguards and signed contracts with Google, OpenAI, and xAI, though Claude remained integrated into the Palantir\-run Maven platform due to removal difficulties\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/pentagon-hires-google-and-openai-to-replace-anthropic-ai-b0f9ae82>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/2107142724751134754>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/mark_k/status/2107543434726646141>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/choblin29/status/2106003449670455728>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/pentagon-hires-google-and-openai-to-replace-anthropic-ai-b0f9ae82>)