Hegseth threatens to cancel Anthropic’s DOD contract : NPR
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Key Points:
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to terminate Anthropic's $200 million military contract by Friday unless the AI lab relaxes its safety standards to allow broader use of its technology.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has maintained the company's ethical stance against using AI for domestic mass surveillance and AI-controlled weapons, calling such applications "illegitimate" and prone to abuse.
- Hegseth insists Anthropic must permit the U.S. military to use its AI for all "lawful" purposes, potentially including AI-directed warfare and surveillance, and warned of invoking the Defense Production Act or labeling Anthropic a "supply chain risk" if it refuses.
- Trump administration officials, including Hegseth
