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Anthropic releases Claude Gov models for US classified national security work

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Anthropic introduced Claude Gov models built for US national security customers and already deployed by agencies in classified environments. Anthropic said the models refuse less when handling classified material and are better at intelligence and defence documents, key languages and cybersecurity data.

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US national security agencies gained frontier models tuned for classified work, weeks before the Pentagon awarded Anthropic and three other labs contracts of up to $200m each.

When
6 Jun 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0181
Who
Anthropic

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Anthropic. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0181: “Anthropic releases Claude Gov models for US classified national security work.” wheresthe.ai, 6 Jun 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/anthropic-claude-gov-models-2025-06/ (source: Anthropic).

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