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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nick Robins-Early

Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks

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The Pentagon also threatened to deem the company a ‘supply chain risk’, a designation with serious financial implications. Photograph: Patrick Sison/AP

Anthropic said Thursday it “cannot in good conscience” comply with a demand from the Pentagon to remove safety precautions from its artificial intelligence model and grant the US military unfettered access to its AI capabilities.

The Department of Defense had threatened to cancel a $200m contract and deem Anthropic a “supply chain risk”, a designation with serious financial implications, if the company did not comply with the request by Friday.

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