Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today, as the Pentagon threatens the AI company with what could amount to a government blacklist.
At issue is the guardrails Anthropic placed on its AI models. The Pentagon, which has a $200 million contract with Anthropic, wants the company to lift its restrictions for the military to be able to use the model for “all lawful use,” according to a source familiar with the discussions.
But Anthropic has concerns over two issues that it isn’t willing to drop, the source said: AI-controlled weapons and mass domestic surveillance of American citizens. According to a source familiar, Anthropic believes AI is not reliable enough to operate weapons and no laws or regulations yet that cover how AI could be used in mass surveillance.
Isn’t Pete Hetseth the guy who gets drunk and invites journalists to secret military chats?
He leaks secrets that remind him of the good times He leaks secrets that remind of the better times
Oh Petey boyyyyyy
o/
Man we used to high five in IRC and now all i see is a salute. 😟
That and is totally cool taking orders from a treasonous child rapist