US EditionAnthropic CEO to meet Hegseth amid dispute over military use of Claude
Anthropic risks losing a $200 million Pentagon contract over its refusal to allow AI use in mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, amid escalating tensions with the Defense Department.
- On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet the CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, which declined to join the Pentagon's internal AI network and has voiced ethical concerns.
- Ethical objections from Anthropic stem from Amodei's warnings last month about AI risks like disloyalty detection, while Hegseth argues military AI should operate `without ideological constraints.`
- The Pentagon last summer awarded contracts worth up to $200 million each to four AI companies; Anthropic is the only one approved for classified military networks, working with Palantir while others operate unclassified.
- An unnamed defense official confirmed the meeting, while analysts warn Anthropic's safety-first stance limits its bargaining power and risks losing influence amid national security concerns: lethal force and surveillance.
- Recent controversies include Grok generating deepfakes and Anthropic's hires of ex-Biden officials, complicating political optics amid industry ties, echoing past Project Maven uproar.
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