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Anthropic’s Deal With US Military Under Threat<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Pentagon is reportedly preparing to sever its relationship with artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic.<\/p>\n

The government is also \u201cclose\u201d to designating the company a \u201csupply chain risk,\u201d which means anyone wishing to do business with the military would also need to end their relationship with Anthropic, Axios reported Monday (Feb. 16), citing a senior Pentagon official.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be an enormous pain in the ass to disentangle, and we are going to make sure they pay a price for forcing our hand like this,\u201d that official said.<\/p>\n

The report noted that this sort of penalty is typically reserved for foreign adversaries. And Anthropic\u2019s Claude is the only AI model available in the military\u2019s classified systems, with the Pentagon championing its abilities, Axios added.<\/p>\n

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But for the last few months, the report said, Anthropic and the Pentagon have been holding contentious talks on the military\u2019s permitted usage of Claude. The company is prepared to relax its terms of use, but wants assurances its tech won\u2019t be used for mass domestic spying operations or to build weapons that can be deployed with no human involvement.<\/p>\n

According to Axios, the Pentagon says this is too restrictive, with a host of gray areas that would make such terms impractical. The military is insisting in negotiations with Anthropic and other major AI firms that it be permitted to use their tools for \u201call lawful purposes,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Department of War\u2019s relationship with Anthropic is being reviewed. Our nation requires that our partners be willing to help our warfighters win in any fight,\u201d Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told Axios. \u201cUltimately, this is about our troops and the safety of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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