Pentagon Issues Friday Deadline: Classify Anthropic as Supply Chain Risk or Seize AI Model
· Source: trendingtopics.eu
In short
The U.S. Department of War has issued an ultimatum to AI company Anthropic, demanding unrestricted access to its Claude AI model for military purposes by Friday afternoon. If Anthropic fails to comply, the Trump administration threatens to invoke the Defense Production Act and classify the company as a supply chain risk, despite these measures being fundamentally contradictory. The dispute centers on Anthropic's insistence on safeguards against mass surveillance, autonomous weapons systems, and weapons development without human oversight.
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