Pentagon designated Anthropic a "supply chain risk" - a classification historically reserved for foreign adversaries - then gave OpenAI a similar contract within hours. OpenAI claims stronger safeguards than Anthropic's original deal, including cloud-only deployment and protections against autonomous weapons. The speed suggests how Washington may handle AI industry negotiations going forward.

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