Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah
5 hours ago
- #Autonomous Weapons
- #Pentagon Contract
- #AI Safety
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to remove AI safeguards or risk losing a Pentagon contract.
- The Pentagon wants Anthropic to lift restrictions on its AI model Claude for 'all lawful use,' including military applications.
- Anthropic refuses to drop safeguards on AI-controlled weapons and mass domestic surveillance, citing reliability and lack of regulations.
- The Pentagon threatened to terminate Anthropic's $200 million contract and designate it a 'supply chain risk' if demands aren't met.
- Anthropic remains firm on its redlines regarding autonomous weapons and surveillance, with no plans to comply with Pentagon demands.
- Anthropic positions itself as an AI safety-focused company, founded by ex-OpenAI employees who disagreed with OpenAI's direction.
- Anthropic announced a $20 million donation to a political group advocating for more AI regulation.