Feb. 27 at 12:25 AM
Defense Sec Pete Hegseth’s ultimatum give the military unfettered access to its Claude AI model by Friday evening or else have the govt label it a “risk” to the supply chain. The designation, typically reserved for foreign firms with ties to US adversaries, could ban companies that work w/ the govt from partnering w/ Anthropic.
But Hegseth simultaneously threatened to invoke the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to compel Anthropic to work w/ the Defense Dept & nix the company’s ethical red lines, which include restrictions on using Claude to surveil US citizens or empower autonomous weapons. The govt used the law during the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate production of medical supplies & vaccines
Former AI adviser in the Trump admin, said the Pentagon is contradicting itself: “You’re telling everyone else who supplies to the DOD you cannot use Anthropic’s models, while also saying that the DOD must use Anthropic’s models”
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