Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
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Anthropic rejected the Pentagon's ultimatum for unrestricted AI access, maintaining its stance against mass surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons.
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Less than 24 hours before the deadline in an ultimatum issued by the Pentagon, Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI.
It's the culmination of a dramatic exchange of public statements, social media posts, and behind-the-scenes negotiations, coming down to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's desire to renegotiate all AI labs' current contracts with the military. But Anthropic, so far, has refused to back down from its two current red lines: no mass surveillance of Americans, and no lethal autonomous weapons (or weapons with license to kill targets with no human oversight whatsoever). OpenAI …