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The latest Department of Defense news, : Accenture employee's personal Claude AI agent accessed Pentagon network for two months.

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    Accenture employee's personal Claude AI agent accessed Pentagon network for two months

    An Accenture employee connected a personal Claude AI account to a secure Department of Defense network, allowing the AI agent to run for approximately two months before detection. The agent accessed a system containing…

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    Anthropic appeals Pentagon’s blacklisting of its AI models in D.C. court

    Anthropic filed a petition on Tuesday asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal of the Pentagon’s blacklisting of its AI models. The company argues the Department of Defense’s designation as a…

    2 sources
    Unite.AICNBC Technology
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    US military aborts operation after AI-generated false report on Chinese ship

    Multiple sources say an intelligence report generated with the help of an AI chatbot falsely claimed a Chinese vessel in the Middle East was carrying components for a nuclear weapons program. The report, produced by a…

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    The DecoderTechCrunch AIArs Technica AIedition.cnn.com +1 more

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As of 29 October 2026: Accenture employee's personal Claude AI agent accessed Pentagon network for two months. An Accenture employee connected a personal Claude AI account to a secure Department of Defense network, allowing the AI agent to run for approximately two months before detection.