"Altman said in a note to staff that he had the same "red lines" as Anthropic boss Dario Amodei, who has refused to give the Pentagon unfettered access to the firm's AI tools. In the note seen by the BBC, Altman said any OpenAI contracts for defence would also reject uses that were "unlawful or unsuited to cloud deployments, such as domestic surveillance and autonomous offensive weapons"."
"US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has threatened Amodei with retaliation if the tech boss insists on limiting how Anthropic is used. In a meeting with Amodei on Tuesday Hegseth appeared to make two contradictory threats. He said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, allowing the government to use Anthropic's products as it saw fit. He also said he would deem Anthropic a "supply chain risk," meaning the company would be labelled not secure enough for government use."
"Anthropic has said it objects to the potential for its AI tools including Claude to be used by the government in two ways: "mass domestic surveillance" and "fully autonomous weapons." The Department of Defense (DoD) has said it is not asking to use Anthropic for either of those purposes. However, it wants the company to accept "any lawful use" of its tools."
A conflict has emerged between the US Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over government access to AI tools. Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei refuses to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of the company's AI systems, specifically objecting to potential applications in mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. OpenAI's Sam Altman has publicly backed Anthropic's position, stating OpenAI maintains identical ethical boundaries for defense contracts. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened retaliation, invoking the Defense Production Act and potentially labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk. The DoD claims it is not requesting surveillance or autonomous weapons capabilities, but demands acceptance of any lawful use. The dispute highlights tensions between government security interests and AI companies' ethical constraints.
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