Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Request to Remove AI Safeguards

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Anthropic CEO says AI company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow unrestricted use of its technology, deepening the unusually public clash with the Trump administration that is threatening to pull its contract and take other drastic steps by Friday.

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In contract negotiations between senior Defense Department officials and leaders from AI giant Anthropic in December, the company agreed to allow the U.S. government to use its AI systems for missile ...

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DoD officials sent Anthropic final offer for military use of AI, sources say
Anthropic has repeatedly asked defense officials to agree to guardrails that would restrict its AI model, called Claude, from conducting mass surveillance of Americans, sources said.

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Anthropic vs Pentagon: Why the AI firm is pushing back against the Trump administration
Hegseth gives Anthropic deadline to give military full access to its AI

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 refuses Pentagon’s proposal to loosen AI guardrails

The decision comes ahead of a Friday deadline to reach an agreement or face tough government measures.

Anthropic gives its retired Claude AI a Substack

In January, Anthropic “retired” Claude 3 Opus, which at one time was the company’s most powerful AI model. Today, it’s back — and writing on Substack.

Anthropic says ‘virtually no progress’ on Pentagon AI talks as deadline looms

Anthropic said Thursday that “virtually no progress” had been made in the company’s talks with the Pentagon over the terms of use for its AI models ahead of a Friday afternoon deadline. The

Chinese AI companies 'distilled' Claude to improve own models, Anthropic says

DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax created more than 16 million interactions with Claude using roughly 24,000 fake accounts, the U.S. company said in a blog post.

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude AI to steal Mexican government data

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and voter information,

Pentagon sends ‘best and final offer’ to Anthropic on military use of Claude AI: Report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has set a Friday deadline for the company to grant full lawful AI to military access or risk losing its $200 million contract and being labeled a supply chain risk.

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.