Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability event exists anymore.

The Trump administration is furious over the AI company’s refusal to amend its safeguards.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is meeting the Anthropic CEO as he sends a dark message to all AI companies.

It warned Anthropic it will “pay a price” if it continues to demand its products have safeguards.