Tensions between Pentagon and Anthropic over AI red lines

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been in a standoff with the Pentagon over maintaining “safeguards” on the US military’s use of AI, according to unnamed sources speaking to news outlets, including Axios. Sources say the Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to grant full access to its AI model or risk losing its defense contract. The government, they say, wants Anthropic’s restrictions on AI-controlled weapons and surveillance use lifted. The World’s Carolyn Beeler learned more from Michael Horowitz, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.