Hegseth and Anthropic CEO to meet over military AI use | AP News

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to meet with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei concerning the AI company's reluctance to provide its technology for a new U.S. military internal network, making it the only peer company not yet supplying its tech. Anthropic, maker of Claude, has expressed ethical concerns about unchecked government AI use, including autonomous drones and mass surveillance, with Amodei warning of dangers by 2026. The Pentagon previously awarded contracts up to $200 million to four AI firms, including Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI, for classified and unclassified networks. Hegseth has emphasized that military AI must operate "without ideological constraints" and not be "woke," contrasting with Anthropic's safety-first stance. This situation echoes past tech worker objections to military projects, but experts suggest military AI adoption is inevitable, though battlefield deployments carry high stakes.

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