Pentagon gives Anthropic ultimatum on AI technology
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The decision comes ahead of a Friday deadline to reach an agreement or face tough government measures.
Anthropic issued a statement earlier today stating that the company will not allow its AI platform to be used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weaponry by the United States government. Employees from both Google and OpenAI have joined in this call for AI red lines.
Defense officials are considering invoking the Defense Production Act to make Anthropic fulfill the military's request, sources told CBS News.
Until this week, Anthropic was the only AI company cleared to deploy its models on classified networks. Elon Musk's xAI is now the second.
The Pentagon is demanding access to Anthropic’s AI technology, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act if the company doesn’t comply.
The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet.
Defense chief Pete Hegseth has threatened to force the company to lift guardrails against greater military use of AI.