What's behind the Anthropic-Pentagon feud
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military’s use of its technology, known as Claude. Source link
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Pentagon officials sent Anthropic best and final offer for military use of its AI amid dispute, sources say
Pentagon officials on Wednesday night sent Anthropic their best and final offer in negotiations for use of the company’s artificial intelligence technology, just ahead of a government-imposed deadline, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set a deadline of Friday evening for the company to grant all lawful use for its…
Stocks slump as inflation, AI worries rattle investors
Stocks slid on Friday as higher-than-expected inflation data and mounting fears about artificial intelligence’s economic impact weighed on investors. The S&P 500 fell 30 points, or 0.4%, to close at 6,879, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 521 points, or 1.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite sank 0.9% on the day. The losses followed the…
What's at stake in the Pentagon-Anthropic dispute over AI guardrails
For days, one of America’s leading artificial intelligence companies and the Pentagon have been in a standoff over this question: who gets ultimate control over the use of that powerful technology? Jo Ling Kent explains what’s at stake. Source link
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology
Washington — President Trump announced Friday that he is ordering all federal agencies to “immediately” stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology, as the company neared a Pentagon deadline to drop its push for guardrails over the military’s use of its AI. “I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE…
Anthropic CEO says he’s sticking to AI “red lines” despite clash with Pentagon
Hours after a bitter feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic ended with the Trump administration cutting off the artificial intelligence startup, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News in an exclusive interview Friday night he wants to work with the military — but only if it addresses the firm’s concerns. “We are still interested in…
AI company Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: “We are patriots”
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, says his company refused to allow its AI product, Claude, to be used by the Trump Administration without certain guidelines (such as not using its AI to power fully-autonomous weapons without any human involvement). That prompted President Trump to announce Friday that he is…
AI executive Dario Amodei on the red lines Anthropic would not cross
“It’s about the principle of standing up for what’s right,” said Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, who has found himself at the center of a new kind of firestorm. What’s wrong, in his view, is why the AI company he co-founded has been banned from the federal government. “It feels very…
Amazon says drones hit 3 of its Middle East data centers amid Iran conflict
Amazon said drones struck three of its Middle East data centers, causing outages related to the “ongoing conflict in the Middle East.” Drones directly struck two Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates, and a drone strike near an Amazon data center in Bahrain also damaged that facility, the company said in a post on…
Anthropic CEO: We’re trying to “deescalate” Pentagon AI standoff to reach “some agreement that works for us and works for them”
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told investors on Tuesday that his company is still in talks with the Pentagon “to try to deescalate the situation” following a clash over AI guardrails in the military. CBS News exclusively obtained audio of Amodei’s remarks at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco. He told…