Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I.

The Pentagon has imposed a Friday deadline over a demand that Anthropic provide unfettered access to its A.I. system without safeguards for military operations.

By Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel

Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s ‘best and final offer’

CEO Dario Amodei said start-up ‘cannot in good conscience’ agree to government’s terms for military use of its AI

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

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot Anthropic is negotiating with the Defense Department over the terms of use for its frontier model. CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement that it will not budge on 2 red lines. The Defense Department is prepared to use levers that could force Anthropic to cooperate. Anthropic's CEO is prepared to walk away from its contract with the military, according to a new statement published on Thursday. In a blog post, CEO Dario Amodei sai...

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How Pentagon's 'Friday deadline' may have come hours early for Anthropic

The US Department of War is scrutinizing AI firm Anthropic. Major defense contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been asked about their use of Anthropic's Claude AI. This comes as the Pentagon issued an ultimatum to Anthropic regarding its AI model's military applications. Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards has led to this escalation.

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