Anthropic has rejected the Pentagon’s ultimatum.

This briefing summarizes two major developments: (1) Anthropic has rejected the Pentagon’s demands for unrestricted military access to its Claude AI system, prompting policy and contracting fallout; and (2) the Iran-related conflict has expanded into cyberspace, with US/Israeli forces and Iranian or pro-Iran actors conducting DDoS attacks, deep intrusions, and data-wiping operations that disrupted communications, government services, energy and industrial control systems, indicating an escalation that could stress critical infrastructure across the region and beyond.