From Washington: The Debate Over Militarizing Artificial Intelligence and the Future of War

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🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Pentagon is phasing out Anthropic’s AI after the company refused to remove safety "red lines" regarding autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. This move comes as the Trump administration pushes to have the most powerful military technology and outpace China. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Bob Maginnis joins the show to discuss the necessity of keeping a human in the decision-making loop, the rapidly growing use of AI on modern battlefields, and the challenges of replenishing American munitions stockpiles.Later, Tevi Troy, Senior Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute, joins to discuss America’s complicated relationship with Iran since World War II and how the two nations became enemies nearly 50 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, March 8th, 2026.
0:05.9	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:07.4	Just before the U.S. struck Iran last Saturday, the Department of War said Anthropic AI was out
0:12.2	over the company's refusal to allow broader access.
0:15.6	Open AI now has a new contract with the Pentagon.
0:18.4	It's important that we have the technology.
0:20.5	It's just a matter that we don't want that technology
0:23.5	to get out of hand.
0:25.1	And I think that Claude and Anthropic was right.
0:28.8	We don't want this to be used for autonomous killing
0:32.5	systems that don't have a human in the loop.
0:36.1	I'm Dave Anthony. Did you know before the U.S. and Iran were foes, we were friends?
0:43.3	My greatest hope is that we could develop a situation again where the U.S. and Iran are allies,
0:48.6	which again was the real history of U.S. and Iran until this unfortunate detour that the terrorist-enhancing
0:56.3	mullahs have been taking us on for 47 years. This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. Just before U.S. strikes on Iran, things came to a head between Anthropic and the Department of War.
1:16.3	Secretary Pete Hagseth told the AI company their restrictions hindered national security operations,
1:21.7	that he would not allow a company to dictate the terms under which the Pentagon makes operational decisions.
1:27.1	Anthropic CEO Dario Amadai told CBS News March 1st.
1:30.7	We believe in defeating our autocratic adversaries.
1:35.4	We believe in defending America.
1:37.2	The red lines we have drawn, we drew because we believe that crossing those red lines
1:43.8	is contrary to American values. And we wanted to
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