Admin official: Pentagon may sever Anthropic relationship over AI safeguards; Anthropic says only mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons are off limits
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Discussion
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@clintbetts
Clint Betts
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Among frontier AI leaders, Dario appears to be the only one seriously grappling with the moral and ethical weight of what his company is building.
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@gestaltu
Adam Butler
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“Anthropic's high ethical standards are becoming a business problem. It will be interesting to see how Anthropic resolves this in the future.” This has nothing to do with defence, and everything to do with money and power. Amodei will be removed and the tech will be weaponized
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@lauraloomer
Laura Loomer
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EXCLUSIVE: Senior @DeptofWar official tells me, “Given Anthropic's @AnthropicAI behavior, many senior officials in the DoW are starting to view them as a supply chain risk and we may require that all our vendors & contractors certify that they don't use any Anthropic models.”
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@miles_brundage
Miles Brundage
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Pretty obvious to anyone paying close attention that 1. That would be a mistake from a national security perspective 2. There is a coordinated effort to take down Anthropic for a combination of anti competitive and ideological reasons
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@davidlawler10
Dave Lawler
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NEW with @m_ccuri: The Pentagon is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because the company insists on restricting the military's use of Claude to surveil Americans or develop fully autonomous weapons. Full story: https://www.axios.com/...
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@zerohedge
@zerohedge
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This information would have been very useful to investors who put in money at a 380BN valuation just 3 days ago.
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@jackposobiec
Jack Posobiec
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“Given Anthropic's behavior, many senior officials in the DoW are starting to view them as a supply chain risk and we may require that all our vendors & contractors certify that they don't use any Anthropic models.” - Sr DOW official
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@davidlawler10
Dave Lawler
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UPDATE: After we reported the Pentagon had used Claude in the Maduro raid, a senior administration official told me the Pentagon was reconsidering its partnership with Anthropic because the company had asked questions about its use. https://www.axios.com/...
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@kimmonismus
@kimmonismus
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The Pentagon is considering cutting ties with Anthropic after the company refused to allow its AI models to be used for “all lawful purposes,” insisting on strict bans around mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Tensions escalated following a disputed episode …
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@ralee85
Rob Lee
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“Anthropic's artificial-intelligence tool Claude was used in the U.S. military's operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, highlighting how AI models are gaining traction in the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the matter... The deployment of [im…
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@nxthompson
@nxthompson
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Old Claude: We broke trying to run a vending machine. New Claude: We captured Maduro and assassinated all his Cuban guards with no casualties. Would you like me to transition the government to democracy or leave it as is? https://www.wsj.com/...
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@vcarchidi
Vincent Carchidi
on bluesky
The fact that somebody is lying about who reached out to who tells me - assuming that the DoD official is the liar in this case - that DoD is using this as an opportunity basically to send a message to the other LLM vendors: you give us the tech, we use it how we want, or you los…
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@floatallboats
@floatallboats
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Good. I hope they maintain this posture. The rest of Anthropic's competitors have caved. — www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...?
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@dame.is
Dame
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i hope they do sever ties to Anthropic and/or that Anthropic severs ties with the US government [embedded post]
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@dburbach
David Burbach
on bluesky
It concerns me that one of the two issues in the DOD vs Anthropic fight is “use for domestic surveillance”, with other articles being clear it's about use to track US citizens. Why is this a DOD requirement? @wyden.senate.gov — www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
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@mikeblack114
Mike Black
on bluesky
very on brand for pete to nuke the relationship with the one company developing a product worth a shit [embedded post]
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@rikefranke
Ulrike Franke
on bluesky
“The Pentagon is pushing four leading AI labs to let the military use their tools for “all lawful purposes,” — ... Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry.
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@gabriellehecht
@gabriellehecht
on bluesky
Let's please NOT celebrate Anthropic. Let's not forget that they stole from thousands upon thousands of writers and publishers [embedded post]
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@metacurity.com
Cynthia Brumfield
on bluesky
Am I cheering on a big AI company? — “Anthropic insists that two areas remain off limits: the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry.” — www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
on bluesky
Hegseth's strange comment that “We will not employ AI models that won't allow you to fight wars” during his speech at SpaceX on January 12 makes more sense now in light of what we are learning about the disagreement with Anthropic over use of its models.
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@themckenziest.gay
Lauren McKenzie
on bluesky
You know it's bad when the AI companies are like whoa this is too far
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@sambiddle.com
Sam Biddle
on bluesky
AI company “acceptable use” policies, constitutions, mission statements, etc are by and large worthless documents that should not be taken seriously. — www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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