"We continued good-faith conversations about our usage policy to ensure Anthropic can continue to support the government's national security mission in line with what our models can reliably and responsibly do."
"Pentagon had issued the ultimatum to Anthropic to agree to ease its usage restrictions for military purposes by Friday 5 pm (11 pm CET) or face being forced to comply under the Defense Production Act which gives the federal government extensive powers to direct private industry to prioritize national security needs."
"Anthropic refused to let its Claude models be used to conduct US domestic surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons systems. Pentagon's ultimatum to Anthropic Anthropic has continued to raise ethical concerns about unchecked government use of AI."
The US Defense Department has pressured Anthropic to remove restrictions on military use of its Claude AI models, specifically for autonomous weapons targeting and domestic surveillance. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to resolve a months-long conflict over the company's ethical usage policies. The Pentagon issued a Friday deadline for compliance, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act or designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk if the company refuses. Anthropic maintains its position that its models should only support national security missions within responsible and reliable parameters, declining to enable fully autonomous military operations or mass domestic surveillance of US citizens.
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