Anthropic Submitted Drone Swarm AI Proposal Amid Pentagon Concerns, Not Selected

Anthropic submitted a proposal for a $100 million Pentagon challenge to develop AI software for voice-controlled drone swarms, focusing on translating human commands and coordinating drones under human oversight without autonomous targeting. Despite this, the Pentagon barred contractors from commercial ties with Anthropic amid concerns over autonomous weapons. Anthropic was not selected, while bids from SpaceX, xAI, and OpenAI-linked companies advanced. OpenAI later secured a separate Pentagon AI contract.