The Pentagon is demanding that tech firm Anthropic grant the military full access to its AI model Claude, according to a news report.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday that he has until the end of this week to provide the military a signed document that would grant full access to Claude, unnamed sources told CBS News.

DOD officials are considering invoking the Defense Production Act to make Anthropic fulfill the military's request, the sources said.

The officials want full control of Anthropic's AI technology for use in its military operations, according to the sources. In July, the DOD awarded Ahtropic a $200 million contract to develop AI capabilities that would advance U.S. national security.

Anthropic has asked the Pentagon multiple times to agree to guardrails that would restrict Claude from conducting mass surveillance of Americans, per the sources. DOD officials noted that such surveillance is illegal and that the military is simply asking for a license to use the AI for strictly lawful activities.

A source also said that Amodei wants to ensure that Claude is not used by the DOD for final targeting decisions in military operations without any human involvement. Claude is not immune to hallucinations and not reliable enough to avoid potentially lethal mistakes, like unintended escalation or mission failure without human judgment, according to the source.

A senior Pentagon official told CBS News, "This has nothing to do with mass surveillance and autonomous weapons being used. The Pentagon has only given out lawful orders."

The official added that Grok, which is owned by Elon Musk's xAI, has agreed to being used in a classified setting, and other AI companies are close.

Hegseth told Amodei on Tuesday that when the government purchases Boeing planes, the company has no say in how the Pentagon uses the planes, and that the same should be true for the military's use of Claude.

After Amodei left the meeting, DOD officials discussed whether to use the Defense Production Act in this situation, which allows the government to exert control over domestic industries.

Two sources said that because Pentagon officials are unsure that Anthropic can be trusted at this point, the DOD may decide to officially designate the company as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government. Anthropic was the first tech company authorized to operate on the military's classified networks.

An Anthropic spokesperson told the news outlet, "We continued good-faith conversations about our usage policy to ensure Anthropic can continue to support the government's national security mission in line with what our models can reliably and responsibly do."

Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline of 5 p.m. Friday to comply.