Leading SF tech lab in standoff with Pete Hegseth

The OpenAI rival has options in its showdown with the Pentagon.

AI Giant Tells Pentagon Pete Hegseth It Won’t Bow to His Demands

AI safety and research company Anthropic has told the Pentagon it will not agree to their demands to drop critical safety precautions and grant the U.S. military full access to their AI capabilities.
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Hegseth demands Anthropic let military use AI however it wants—even for autonomous killer drones and spying on Americans

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines.

Hegseth demands full military access to Anthropic's AI model, sets deadline

The Pentagon may decide to officially designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" to push them out of government, sources say.

Anthropic says it can't 'in good conscience' agree to the military's terms over the use of its AI

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday the company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the military's terms over the use of Claude.

Will Pete Hegseth Ban Claude? Here's What The Prediction Market Is Betting On

The clash between Dario Amodei-led Anthropic and the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth-led Department of War has escalated, with the AI startup saying

‘Incoherent’: Hegseth’s Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymakers

Tech lawyers and AI policymakers warn that the Pentagon’s plans to compel Anthropic to abandon its ethical red lines are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon

Hegseth issues an ultimatum to 'woke AI' Anthropic: Get with military program by Friday or lose $200 million

The Department of Defense gave the AI company a deadline of Friday to allow the Pentagon to use its AI as it sees fit or face steep penalties.