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US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI tools. The move comes after Anthropic and top officials clashed for weeks over military applications of artificial intelligence. "The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War,” Trump said in a post...
Continue Reading on https://www.wired.com/Despite an ultimatum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Anthropic said that it can't "in good conscience" comply with a Pentagon edict to remove guardrails on its AI, CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a blog post. The Department of Defense had threatened to cancel a $200 million contract and label Anthropic a "supply chain risk" if it didn't agree to remove safeguards over mass surveillance and...
Continue Reading on https://www.engadget.com/Donald Trump said Friday he will direct all federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE” all use of Anthropic technology. The Department of Defense and Anthropic hit an impasse with neither side backing down as a deadline for an agreement lapsed on Friday afternoon. The Pentagon had demanded the artificial intelligence company loosen ethical guidelines on its AI systems or face severe...
Continue Reading on https://www.theguardian.com/us/technologyThe Trump administration ordered federal agencies and contractors that work with the military to cease business with Anthropic after the company refused to allow the Pentagon to use its artificial-intelligence technology without restrictions. Government agencies, including the Pentagon, have six months to phase out use of Anthropic’s products, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth...
Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/techThe Trump administration placed AI firm Anthropic on a far-reaching national security blacklist Friday, directing federal agencies to stop using its technology and banning any other company that does business with the military from working with it, effective immediately. President Donald Trump blasted the artificial intelligence company as a risk to national security after a tumultuous week of...
Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/watch now Anthropic is heading into Friday in a no-win situation. The artificial intelligence startup has until 5:01 p.m. ET to decide whether it will agree to allow the Department of Defense to use its models in all lawful use cases without limitation. If it doesn't, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to label the company a "supply chain risk" or force it to comply by invoking the...
Continue Reading on https://www.cnbc.com/technology/updated President Trump has escalated Anthropic's dispute with the Defense Department with a social media post ordering the entire federal government purge the company's software from its systems. In a post on Truth Social, the President called Anthropic a "radical left, woke" company and said he was directing all federal agencies to cease use of its technology "immediately." The move comes...
Continue Reading on https://www.theregister.com/AI company Anthropic said it could not accept the Pentagon’s “best and final” offer to resolve a dispute over restrictions the company has in place on how the U.S. military can use its AI models. With just hours left before a Friday deadline to comply with the Pentagon’s demands or face actions that could see Anthropic barred from doing business with any company that also does business with...
Continue Reading on https://fortune.com/section/tech/President Donald Trump said Friday he will shut out Anthropic from the federal government after the AI company refused to compromise on how its technology could be used by the U.S. military. But he is also giving the Pentagon a six-month period to phase out Anthropic’s technology as it is one of the few AI companies allowed to operate in classified settings. In a Truth Social post, Trump...
Continue Reading on https://fortune.com/section/tech/President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ordering every U.S. government agency to "immediately cease" using technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. Trump in a Truth Social post said there would be a six-month phase-out for agencies such as the Defense Department, which "are using Anthropic's products, at various levels." Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth, soon...
Continue Reading on https://www.cnbc.com/technology/Anthropic has reached a familiar crossroads for a growing tech company: how to scale without compromising the principles that set it apart. The AI company has made safety its guiding principle. It advocated for AI regulation and called for worker protections as AI replaces some human tasks. Anthropic has worked hard to send a specific message to customers: We’re the good guys. Yet the...
Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/techAnthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition. Instead of self-imposed guardrails constraining its development of AI models, Anthropic is adopting a nonbinding safety framework that it says can and will change. In a blog post Tuesday outlining its new policy, Anthropic said shortcomings in its...
Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/techDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract. He also threatened to put the AI company on what could amount to a government blacklist. At issue is the guardrails Anthropic placed on its AI model Claude. The Pentagon, which has a $200 million contract with...
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