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CSET’s Owen J. Daniels shared his expert perspective in an article published by the Associated Press. The article examines tensions between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the use of artificial intelligence in military operations, particularly around ethical limits on autonomous weapons and surveillance.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by The Hill. The article looks at growing disagreements between AI companies and the Pentagon over how military systems should be allowed to use advanced AI tools like Anthropic’s Claude, especially around issues like human oversight and limits on surveillance and weapons use.

How Anthropic’s safety-first ethos collided with the Pentagon

Scientific American
| February 21, 2026

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert perspective in an article published by Scientific American. The article examines rising tensions between Anthropic and the Pentagon as the company expands its most advanced AI systems while trying to maintain strict safety limits on military use.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by The Hill. The article examines growing tensions between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how its AI model, Claude, can be deployed in military operations, following questions about its potential use in a U.S. raid in Venezuela.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insight in an article published by DefenseScoop. The article examines the Pentagon’s dispute with Anthropic over ethical guardrails on the military’s use of generative AI models.

CSET’s Kathleen Curlee shared her expert perspective in an article published by Fortune. The article examines the growing discussion around space-based data centers and whether orbital infrastructure could eventually help address the AI industry’s escalating energy demands.

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert perspective in an article published by The New York Times. The article examines rising tensions between the United States Department of Defense and Anthropic over how artificial intelligence should be used on classified military systems, highlighting disagreements about safeguards and battlefield deployment.

CSET’s Helen Toner was featured on CNN News Central, where she discussed the accelerating global AI race and the challenges it poses. She explored China’s rapid advancement in AI, the shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents capable of performing complex tasks, and the growing use of AI to develop AI itself.

China’s Military AI Wish List

Emelia Probasco, Sam Bresnick, and Cole McFaul
| February 2026

This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the authors reviewed offer insights into the PLA’s priorities and ambitions for AI-enabled military technologies associated with C5ISRT: command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.

CSET’s Sam Bresnick shared his expert perspective in an article published by The Wall Street Journal. The article examines China’s military use of AI to develop autonomous drone and robot swarms, drawing inspiration from animal behavior to improve offensive and defensive capabilities.