Defense Secretary summons Anthropic's Amodei over military use of Claude
· Source: techcrunch.com
In short
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is summoning Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the military use of Claude AI technology, as the Pentagon threatens to designate Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk' for refusing to allow its tech to be used for mass surveillance of Americans and autonomous weapons development. The meeting follows tensions that emerged after Claude was reportedly used in the January 3 special operations raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, with Hegseth presenting an ultimatum to either cooperate or face contract termination.
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