AI Goes to War

The US government, led by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, demanded that Anthropic remove restrictions on its AI model Claude, but Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused, citing concerns over mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. The government retaliated by ceasing use of Anthropic's products and designating the company a 'supply chain risk'. This confrontation raises questions about who should decide the ethical boundaries of AI in warfare. Anthropic forfeited billions in government contracts to maintain its stance. OpenAI has now partnered with the Pentagon to provide its own AI technology.