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Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that AI could be used for mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons.

The Pentagon and Anthropic are at odds over restrictions the company places on the use of Claude, the first AI system to be used in the military’s classified network.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday that if Anthropic does not allow its AI model to be used “for all lawful purposes,” the Pentagon would cancel Anthropic’s $200 million contract. In addition to the contract cancellation, Anthropic would be deemed a “supply chain risk,” a classification normally reserved for companies connected to foreign adversaries, Hegseth said.

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[-] Substance_P@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

So it seems that Elon Musk will be awarded the contract, xAI has agreed to allow Grok's use for "all lawful purposes," addressing previous concerns regarding restrictions imposed by other AI providers.

So the AI that created nudes from photos of children will now be trained as Killbots, what could possibly go wrong.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

[-] KnitWit@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to find out Elon still does the ‘yeah baby yeah!’

[-] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Even so, it'll take months for the Department of War to replace Anthropic. Everything about our government's use of AI is a shitshow.

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