Anthropic CEO says company cannot accede to Pentagon's request in AI safeguards dispute
Anthropic rejects Pentagon's demands citing ethical concerns over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, facing a Friday deadline and potential Defense Production Act enforcement.
- Anthropic refused the Pentagon's request to remove AI safeguards that prevent autonomous weapon targeting and surveillance in the US, risking a $200 million contract.
- The Pentagon threatened to deem Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' and invoke the Defense Production Act to force removal of the safeguards if Anthropic did not comply by the deadline.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated they cannot 'in good conscience' remove the safeguards despite the Pentagon's threats, willing to transition to another provider if necessary.
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AI at war: Anthropic defies Pentagon, Trump orders federal ban
Washington, Feb 28: In a public confrontation, perhaps for the first time between Silicon Valley and Washington DC, between AI and war weapons, Anthropic has refused to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to its artificial intelligence systems, triggering a sharp response from President Donald Trump and raising wider questions about who ultimately controls battlefield AI. According to TechCrunch, Anthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei said …
Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon's supply chain risk designation in court
Feb 27 : Anthropic said on Friday it will challenge in court the Pentagon's decision to declare the AI firm a supply-chain risk, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump also directed every federal agency to stop work with the company.
Anthropic says no to Pentagon demand for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons
Anthropic, best-known for its Claude AI platform, will be losing Pentagon business after it declined to change its policies against using its technology for mass surveillance of Americans or to create weapons capable of killing people autonomously. Per CEO Dario Amodei: the artificial intelligence company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to allow unrestricted use of its technology, deepening a public clash with the T…
Firestorm as Trump's wild crash out reveals Pentagon's 'mass surveillance' plot
President Donald Trump lashed out at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Friday, slamming them for refusing to change their safeguard rules against automated use of weapons for the Defense Department, claiming they want to force generals to "obey their Terms of Service instead of our Co...
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