Hegseth pressures Anthropic to give military broader access to its AI tech, AP source says
Associated Press News • • general
Key Points:
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic's CEO a Friday deadline to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology or face losing its government contract, highlighting tensions over ethical restrictions imposed by Anthropic.
- Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, has maintained ethical boundaries against fully autonomous military targeting and domestic surveillance, which the Pentagon opposes, arguing military operations require tools without such limitations.
- Anthropic is the only AI company approved for classified military networks, working alongside partners like Palantir, while other contractors like Google, OpenAI, and xAI currently operate only in unclassified environments.
- The Pentagon, led by Hegseth, seeks AI systems free from ideological constraints, emphasizing a "non-woke
