Etiquetas: Defense AI

Anthropic co‑founder and CEO Dario Amodei publicly criticized OpenAI chief Sam Altman, labeling the company’s messaging about its new Department of Defense contract as “straight up lies.” Amodei highlighted Anthropic’s refusal to grant unrestricted military use of its AI, citing concerns over domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons, and contrasted it with OpenAI’s approach, which he described as “safety theater.” The dispute has drawn public attention and amplified scrutiny of AI firms’ defense partnerships. Leer más

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has declined a request from the U.S. Department of Defense to remove safety guardrails from the company’s Claude AI models. Amodei argues that frontier AI systems are not yet reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons and that removing ethical constraints would jeopardize both safety and civil liberties. While affirming the strategic importance of AI for national defense, he stresses that current models cannot replace the critical judgment of trained troops. The refusal puts a $200 million Pentagon contract at risk. Leer más