Anthropic says it won't agree to Pentagon demands to remove AI safeguards
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The dispute stems from the AI startup's refusal to remove safeguards that would prevent its technology from being used to conduct surveillance in US.
Anthropic cannot accede to the Pentagon's request in an AI safeguards dispute despite threats to remove the company from the Department of War's systems, the AI firm's CEO, Dario Amodei, said Feb. 26.
The Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic stems from the AI startup's refusal to remove safeguards that would prevent its technology from being used to target weapons autonomously and conduct surveillance in the United States.
Anthropic, backed by Google and Amazon, has a contract with the department worth up to $200 million.
The department has said it will contract only with AI companies that accede to "any lawful use" and remove safeguards, Amodei said on Feb. 26.
Use cases for its AI such as mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons have never been included in Anthropic's contracts with the department and "we believe they should not be included now," Amodei said.
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