Anthropic's Pentagon standoff signals a broader corporate pushback

Corporations are starting to find their backbone: from AI labs resisting military ultimatums to retailers successfully suing the president. Why it matters: The prevailing corporate strategy has been one of high-profile compliance, particularly with the Trump administration. Now, corporates are pushing back, because the cost of that compliance is existential. Driving the news: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rejected a Friday deadline from the Pentagon to strip safety guardrails from its AI models f