What’s Behind the Pentagon-Anthropic Feud
Pete Hegseth has issued Anthropic an ultimatum: loosen safety requirements related to AI’s use in fully autonomous weapons and in spying efforts or the Pentagon will compel you to.
Hegseth has warned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that if the AI company refuses to yield by 5 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, the Pentagon will force it to provide its tools with no strings attached, according to people familiar with the matter. If it still refuses, the government will label Anthropic a supply-chain risk, spurring a potentially near-fatal loss of business.
The negotiations highlight tension between Silicon ...