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Trump officials negotiating access to Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

Axios · · 586 words · By Maria Curi; Marc Caputo; Dave Lawler
AI Cyber Capabilities Inter-agency conflict National Security vs. Corporate Ethics

The White House is discussing the deployment of Anthropic's Mythos Preview AI model within federal agencies despite a conflict between the company and the Pentagon. While the Pentagon has designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk, other agencies view the model's capabilities as essential for national security and cyber defense.

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“The White House and Anthropic are in active discussions about deploying the AI firm's powerful new model, Mythos Preview, within the federal government”
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Multiple independent sources (Newsmax, a report on Trump officials, and a report on 'Extraterrestrial Technology') confirm that the White House and Anthropic are discussing the deployment of the Mythos Preview model within the federal government.
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House and Anthropic are in active discussions about deploying the AI firm's powerful new model, Mythos Preview, within the federal government despite ongoing efforts to blacklist the company…
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/16/white-house-anthropic-ai-my…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US government is preparing to open a "modified version" of Anthropic's new model, Mythos, to several major federal agencies. On the 18th, the White House secretly summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amod…
https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3774732904792841
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web search NEUTRAL — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles sounded out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday about the artificial intelligence company's new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal gov…
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/white-house-anthropic-meet…
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“Anthropic is only rolling out Mythos to a select group of companies and organizations, rather than the general public”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Claude Mythos was released to a handful of companies in 2026 but not to the public. This is further corroborated by other web results mentioning a limited release to trusted tech companies.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. An additional model named Claude Mythos was released to a handful of co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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web search NEUTRAL — AI. Anthropic’s Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized Users. WATCH: A small group of unauthorized users accessed Mythos, according to a person familiar. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Matt Bloxham …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/anthropic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic limited the release of Claude Mythos Preview to a small group of trusted tech companies, citing the risk of people misusing the model to conduct cyber attacks at a scale and speed beyond hum…
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/unauthorized-group-gains-ac…
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“the Office of Management and Budget sent out an email, first reported by Bloomberg, saying they were looking into the matter [of whether agencies are able to use Mythos]”
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Two separate web search results confirm that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent an email (specifically dated April 14) regarding protections to allow federal agencies to access Mythos.
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed in an April 14 email to Cabinet officials that it is setting up protections to allow major federal agencies to access Mythos.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/us-government-weighs-anthropic-my…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic negotiates government access to its Mythos AI model despite Pentagon dispute.When Trump directed all government agencies to stop using Anthropic, he wrote on social media that the company wa…
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/anthropic-engages-trump-adm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mythos is part of Anthropic's Claude system, the company's family of AI models and its AI assistant of the same name. On Thursday, Anthropic released a new version of an existing model, Claude Opus, s…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ev24yx4rmo
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“Anthropic is in ongoing litigation with the Pentagon”
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Multiple sources report a clash and impasse between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, specifically regarding a $200 million contract and the use of AI for military purposes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic Opposes Lethal Weapon Use of Claude. According to Reuters and The Wall Street Journal on the 2nd, negotiations between the U.S. Department of Defense and AI developer Anthropic over a $200 m…
https://edutimes.com/news/2026/02/202602287568
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web search NEUTRAL — The Defense Department and Anthropic have been negotiating a contract over A.I. use by the Pentagon.But Mr. Hegseth and others in the Pentagon were furious that Anthropic would resist the military’s u…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/technology/defense-depart…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic confirmed the meeting in a statement, saying it had engaged with senior administration officials on “opportunities for collaboration, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address th…
https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-white-house…
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“the Pentagon... declared the company a "supply chain risk" and ordered companies that work with the military to remove its software from those workflows”
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Multiple sources, including Reuters and a legal insights PDF from Mayer Brown, confirm that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' on March 3 and ordered contractors to remove its software.
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' on March 3 and gave contractors six months to replace Claude. Reuters reports tod.
https://newclawtimes.com/articles/pentagon-military-users-ca…
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web search NEUTRAL — A supply-chain-risk designation allows the Pentagon to restrict or exclude certain vendors from defense contracts if they’re deemed to pose security vulnerabilities, such as risks related to foreign o…
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-shoc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pentagon Designates Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk — What Government Contractors Need to Know.If the Pentagon invoked § 3252, it could direct contractors to exclude Anthropic from consideration for a s…
https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/pdf/insights/publications/2026…
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“Anthropic is currently barred from Pentagon contracts”
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Several sources report that Anthropic is being phased out or barred from Pentagon contracts following the supply chain risk designation and the Trump administration's directives.
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web search NEUTRAL — This would prohibit Anthropic from working with the US Defense Department and any defense contractor.Dario Amodei has stated that Anthropic would be willing to allow for a transition to another AI pro…
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/anthropic-ce…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic was the first significant AI lab to collaborate with the US military, following a $200 million contract signed with the Pentagon last year. It developed several specialized models known as C…
https://altagic.com/blog/trump-aims-to-prohibit-anthropics-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Phasing out Anthropic. DoD contractors. Barred from Anthropic immediately. OpenAI moved quickly to fill the gap, announcing a dedicated Pentagon AI deal shortly after the Anthropic exclusion.
https://www.abhs.in/blog/trump-terminates-anthropic-governme…
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“Anthropic's official position is that it will not allow its models to be used for mass surveillance or to develop fully autonomous weapons”
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Wikipedia confirms that in 2026, Anthropic refused the DoD's demand to remove restrictions prohibiting the use of its technology for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2026, Anthropic refused the United States Department of Defense's (DoD) demand to remove contractual restrictions prohibiting the use of its AI technology for domestic surveillance and fully autono…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff. The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/politics/anthropic-mil…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon claims it has no intention of using Anthropic's AI for cases that involve mass domestic surveillance or autonomous kinetic operations. However, it says Anthropic's guardrails could jeopar…
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/anthropic-late…
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“Civilian agencies like the Departments of Energy and Treasury are responsible for safeguarding critical sectors like the electric grid and financial system”
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The claim is supported by a report from 'The Economy' citing Axios, and general knowledge of the Department of Energy's role in regulating energy production as seen in its Wikipedia entry.
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. government department regulating energy production and nuclear material handling. "USDOE" redirects here. For the U.S. Department of Education, see United States Department of Education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_En…
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web search NEUTRAL — Genesis Mission leverages the Department of Energy's unique scientific datasets-spanning more than 100 petabytes of experimental and simulation data across every major domain of science—to double the …
https://www.energy.gov/
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web search NEUTRAL — Civilian agencies like the Departments of Energy and Treasury are responsible for safeguarding critical sectors like the electric grid and financial system. Axios Those systems are being probed, daily…
https://economy.com.pk/the-mythos-meeting-anthropics-dangero…
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