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Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon | New details on precisely where the lines were drawn (www.theatlantic.com)
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On Friday afternoon, Anthropic learned that the Pentagon still wanted to use the company’s AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans. That could include information such as the questions you ask your favorite chatbot, your Google search history, your GPS-tracked movements, and your credit-card transactions, all of which could be cross-referenced with other details about your life. Anthropic’s leadership told Hegseth’s team that was a bridge too far, and the deal fell apart.

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Finally, some article points out the obvious: that Anthropic has been jockeying for fully autonomous weapons the entire time.

Partially autonomous weapons... are vital to the defense of democracy. Fully autonomous weapons (those that take humans out of the loop entirely and automate selecting and engaging targets) may prove critical for our national defense. We have offered to work directly with the Department of War on R&D to improve the reliability of these systems.

Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters.

Dario Amodei prides himself on being complicit:

Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.

He believes he has a perfect track record with the Pentagon.

To the best of our knowledge, these exceptions have not affected a single government mission to date.

And he is apparently on the side of every American military action, from bombing fishermen to bombing Iran.

Anthropic has supported American warfighters since June 2024 and has every intention of continuing to do so.