The dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon is being resolved over the use of Anthropic's large language model, Claude, in warfare. The company is suing the Trump administration for not allowing its AI to be used for fully autonomous warfare or mass surveillance of Americans, which the Pentagon says is already illegal. However, some leaders inside the federal government have expressed interest in Anthropic AI, which they believe is a significant factor in the US's ability to leverage AI for national defense and cyber defense. The Pentagon has ruled out a compromise on this, stating that unless Anthropic returns to government talks, any agreement regarding AI use requires marriage-counselor-level mediation between the two parties.