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   Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards - Claude maker   
   expresses concerns over 'hard limits around fully autonomous weapons and mass   
   domestic surveillance'   
      
   By Benedict Collins published 21 hours ago   
      
   The Pentagon wants to use AI models for warfighting, but Anthropic says no   
      
       The Pentagon and Anthropic are in a standoff over usage of Claude   
       The AI model was reportedly used to capture Nicolas Maduro   
       Anthropic refuses to let its models be used in "fully autonomous weapons   
   and mass domestic surveillance"   
      
   A rift between the Pentagon and several AI companies has emerged over how their   
   models can be used as part of operations.   
      
   The Pentagon has requested AI providers Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI to   
   allow the use of their models for "all lawful purposes".  Anthropic has   
   voiced fears its Claude models would be used in autonomous weapons systems and   
   mass domestic surveillance, with the Pentagon threatening to terminate its $200   
   million contract with the AI provider in response.   
      
   $200 million standoff over AI weapons   
      
   Speaking to Axios, an anonymous Trump administration advisor said one of the   
   companies has agreed to allow the Pentagon full use of its model, with the   
   other two showing flexibility in how their AI models can be used.   
      
   The Pentagon's relationship with Anthropic has been shaken since January over   
   the use of its Claude models, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that   
   Claude was used in the US military operation to capture Venezuelan   
   then-President Nicolas Maduro.   
      
   An Anthropic spokesperson told Axios that the company has "not discussed the   
   use of Claude for specific operations with the Department of War". The   
   company did state that its Usage Policy with the Pentagon was under review,   
   with specific reference to "our hard limits around fully autonomous weapons   
   and mass domestic surveillance."   
      
   Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stated that "Our nation requires that   
   our partners be willing to help our warfighters win in any fight."   
      
   Security experts, policy makers, and Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei   
   have called for greater regulation on AI development and increased requirements   
   on safeguarding, with specific reference to the use of AI in weapons systems   
   and military technology.   
      
      
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/pentagon-may-sever-anthropic-relationshi   
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