Pentagon’s Emil Michael Vows Export Controls if AI Labs Don’t Cooperate With Government

What happened: Emil Michael, a senior Defense Department official on Trump's "super intelligence" task force, said he would use executive tools including export controls against AI companies that do not cooperate with the government. He leads a public feud with Anthropic. Why it matters: Michael is charged with liaising with Anthropic and other AI companies on protocols for cyber breaches and critical incidents, while also pushing to label Anthropic a supply chain risk after it refused to remove safety guardrails.

Emil Michael, a senior Defense Department official on Trump's "super intelligence" task force, said he would use executive tools including export controls against AI companies that do not cooperate with the government. He leads a public feud with Anthropic.

Michael is charged with liaising with Anthropic and other AI companies on protocols for cyber breaches and critical incidents, while also pushing to label Anthropic a supply chain risk after it refused to remove safety guardrails.