Anthropic vs. Department of War - Will Thibeau | #83

Former Ranger and Palantir vet Will Thibeau unpacks the Maduro raid, AI-powered targeting, Anthropic’s clash with the Department of War, and how LLMs are reshaping combat, ethics, and U.S. power.

Will Thibeau is the Director of the American Military Project at The Claremont Institute. He deployed for combat to Iraq multiple times during his time serving in active duty with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He has worked on defense tech applications at Palantir and is a board member at The 71 Fund.

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Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

03:00 – Inside the Maduro Raid & AI-Assisted Operations

08:40 – How the U.S. Military Actually Uses AI Day-to-Day

11:50 – From Manual Targeting to AI-Driven Kill Chains

16:30 – “Engineer’s Veto”

21:30 – Project Maven, Google, and Silicon Valley Revolt

28:20 – Why Anthropic Was Labeled a Supply Chain Risk

33:50 – How adversaries are using tech