Washington, Feb. 28 -- Anthropic PBC rejected the Pentagon's latest offer in a dispute over safeguards around the use of its artificial intelligence technology by the US military, escalating the standoff a day before a government deadline for the company to drop its restrictions. "These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement. If Anthropic fails to drop its conditions, the Defense Department has vowed to declare the company a supply-chain risk, a move that would preclude it from working with other defence contractors. P13...