PENTAGON THREATENS TO CUT OFF ANTHROPIC – The potential move is part of an AI safeguards dispute
Reportedly, the Pentagon is considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic over its insistence on keeping some restrictions on how the U.S. military uses its models.
The Pentagon is pushing four AI companies to let the military use their tools for “all lawful purposes,” including in areas of weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations, but Anthropic has not agreed to those terms and the Pentagon is getting fed up after months of negotiations, according to a report.
The other companies included OpenAI, Google and xAI.
Anthropic’s AI model Claude was used in the U.S. military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with Claude deployed via Anthropic’s partnership with data firm Palantir, the Wall Street Journal reported.
It was also reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon was pushing top AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic to make their artificial intelligence tools available on classified networks without many of the standard restrictions that the companies apply to users.
