Emil Michael

“Michael was the face of a high-profile fight earlier this year with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.”

“Commerce Secretary Lutnick: "They've done what we asked. They're back on the right side... We trust Anthropic." One day later, Pentagon's Emil Michael: "Anthropic is still a designated Supply Chain Risk at @DeptofWar and for the Defense Industrial Base."”

“My job is to create 5 more companies [on top of the 'new primes'] that work in the department & bring new capabilities.”

“David Sachs, the former AI Czar, who basically said this is rubbish, stop... if Bill and Emil are on the same side saying don't ban these models, then you've got to know that there's got to be some truth in that.”

“Emil Michael's now Under Secretary of Defense, but he was my right hand on doing just epic deal making and strategic moves.”

“Defense Under Secretary Emil Michael attacked Ball in a post yesterday on X, calling him the 'supreme village idiot' of AI.”

“The Pentagon claims it's unworkable for the military or its vendors to rely on Anthropic because the company might pull the plug at any time due to its 'ideological' views around AI safety.”

“"For the life of me, I do not see any evidence of maliciousness despite the best efforts of [Pentagon Under Secretary Emil Michael], who in his memo refers to you as having mal-intent, a bad motive, cannot be trusted... To me this is just a spectacular overreach by the department." — D.C. federal appeals court Judge Karen Henderson”

“[Pentagon Under Secretary Emil Michael], who in his memo refers to you as having mal-intent, a bad motive, cannot be trusted.”