Kimberly White
Earlier this week, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei that he could use the Defense Production Act to compel the company to allow the military to access its technology in every lawful situation. Hegseth also warned that Anthropic could be labeled as an unreliable supplier, which would restrict its capacity to work with other government contractors.
The Pentagon secretary set a deadline for the company to reach an agreement with the department by 5:01 PM Eastern Time on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Anthropic rejected these conditions; the company does not allow its Claude AI models to be used in situations related to domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems.
Amodei clearly stated on Thursday that the company still upholds its "red lines," and the Pentagon's requests essentially demand that these lines be eliminated.
The disagreement between Anthropic and Pentagon grew worse after an employee questioned a colleague at their partner company, Palantir Technologies, about whether the Claude model had been used in the operation to detain former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Pentagon officials became aware of the situation and saw the question as a potential risk to the military's ability to use AI as it sees fit.
source: wsj.com
The Pentagon secretary set a deadline for the company to reach an agreement with the department by 5:01 PM Eastern Time on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Anthropic rejected these conditions; the company does not allow its Claude AI models to be used in situations related to domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems.
Amodei clearly stated on Thursday that the company still upholds its "red lines," and the Pentagon's requests essentially demand that these lines be eliminated.
The disagreement between Anthropic and Pentagon grew worse after an employee questioned a colleague at their partner company, Palantir Technologies, about whether the Claude model had been used in the operation to detain former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Pentagon officials became aware of the situation and saw the question as a potential risk to the military's ability to use AI as it sees fit.
source: wsj.com