Pete Hegseth Demands Dario Amodei Remove Military AI Safeguards
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an ultimatum to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei demanding the removal of AI safeguards against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons usage.Anthropic faces the potential loss of a $200M contract or being labeled a supply chain risk if it does not comply with Pentagon demands by Friday evening.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman supported the ethical concerns regarding the Claude system but stressed the importance of military collaboration to ensure national security.Tech workers from
Google and
Microsoft urged their companies to reject unrestricted defense contracts in support of the safety stance taken by
Anthropic.