Deadline looms as Anthropic rejects Pentagon demand to remove AI safeguards

Anthropic has rejected a Pentagon demand that it remove safeguards from its artificial intelligence tools, leaving a deadline looming in a dispute between the company and the Defense Department, news reports said.

The Defense Department and Anthropic have been feuding over military uses of the company’s AI technology, the reports said. The disagreement centers on whether safeguards should be altered or removed for defense applications.

At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet, the reports said. The outcome could determine whether the Pentagon retains access to Anthropic’s systems.

The reports included a photograph credited to Patrick Sison. The Pentagon and Anthropic did not immediately provide public comment in those accounts, according to the news reports.

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