Anthropic, the AI company that created the popular Claude AI chatbot, received praise last week for standing up to the Trump administration over the U.S. military’s use of its AI tools.
But the company may change direction.
According to a new report from financial timesAnthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense have resumed negotiations on how the government can use Anthropic technology for military purposes.
The rift between Anthropic and the U.S. government began after the AI company received a $200 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense.
However, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei later sought assurances that the US government would not use the Claude AI model for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. The Trump administration rejected the request, saying it would use AI technology for any “lawful” purpose.
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After negotiations between Anthropic and the U.S. government broke down, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth even threatened to designate the company as a supply chain risk to national security.
president trump called human In a post on Truth Social, he called Anthropic a “woke company for the radical left” and ordered the federal government to stop using Anthropic’s technology for the next six months.
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of financial times Amodei is now reportedly restarting negotiations in hopes of avoiding supply chain risk designation. Amodei is currently discussing the terms of a potential deal with Undersecretary of Defense Emile Michael, who called the Anthropic CEO a “liar” with a “God complex.” social media posts Just last week.
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“As the end of the negotiations neared, [department] “We offered to accept the current terms if we removed specific language regarding ‘analysis of bulk data acquisition,’ a line in the contract that matched exactly the scenario we were most concerned about,” Amodei said in an internal memo to Anthropic employees. information. “We found it highly suspicious.”
Days after negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of Defense broke down, OpenAI announced It announced that it had reached an agreement with the US government to use AI tools for military purposes in “sensitive environments.”
OpenAI quickly faced backlash from users, forcing CEO Sam Altman to attempt to address concerns. Just a few days later Internal memo Information from Altman was leaked in which OpenAI’s CEO told employees he was going to amend the federal contract because the deal was rushed. Altman said the U.S. government has assured OpenAI that its technology will not be used for domestic surveillance.
Amodei’s internal memo reportedly embarrassed Altman by calling the Pentagon’s statements on the OpenAI and Anthropic issues “flat-out lies.” Amodei accused Altman of engaging in “safety theater” regarding the presentation of the contract and said OpenAI employees believed the company was “kind of a gullible bunch.”
If Amodei succeeds in striking a new agreement with the federal government, the U.S. military will continue to use its technology. reportedly It has already been used in attacks in Iran.
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