I feel like we’re living the script of the Terminator. Can we make the Dementor in Chief watch Mr Rogers instead?
Anthropic has been in dispute with the Pentagon over guardrails for how the military could use its artificial intelligence tools. The AI giant objected to the lawful use clause in its contract over concerns its technology might be used for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons. In response, the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk last month, the first time an American company has been designated as such. The Pentagon and its contractors are barred from using Anthropic’s products, though they remain difficult to extricate from classified networks. Anthropic sued in response.
Defense department officials believe signing with Anthropic’s rivals could bring the holdout startup back to the negotiating table, according to the New York Times.
“If you don’t let us use your LLM in weapons, we’ll go use Grok!”
“Hah! You wouldn’t!”
As if we haven’t lost enough wars.
