Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael reaffirmed that Anthropic remains barred from DoD systems due to supply chain risk concerns, dismissing reports of softening US government relations. While acknowledging NSA and Commerce evaluations of Mythos for cybersecurity analysis, Michael framed these as standard model assessment rather than a policy shift. The Pentagon is establishing protocols to evaluate all frontier AI models proactively to understand emerging capabilities.