# Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Emerges as the Face of the Anthropic Clash - slug: pentagon-cto-emil-michael-emerges-as-the-face-of-the-anthropic-clash - date: 2026-03-13 - category: Artificial Intelligence # Pentagon CTO Emil Michael Emerges as the Face of the Anthropic Clash The person at the center of the Pentagon's fight with Anthropic is no longer an anonymous procurement official. ---