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#Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that #AI could be used for mass #surveillance or in fully #AutonomousWeapons. The #Pentagon & Anthropic are at odds over restrictions the company places on the use of #Claude, the first #AI system to be used in the #military #classified network. #Trump #Hegseth #law #privacy #InfoSec #ContractLaw

Amodei said #Anthropic understands that the #Pentagon, “not private companies, makes #military decisions.” But “in a narrow set of cases, we believe #AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values.” In the case of mass #surveillance & #AutonomousWeapons are “outside the bounds of what today’s technology can safely & reliably do.” #Trump #Hegseth #law #privacy #InfoSec #ContractLaw #democracy

Just like all #rapists, #Trump really doesn’t like being told no. Trump says he is directing federal agencies to cease use of #Anthropic #technology in a petty whiny social media post. #law #AI #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec

Trump's decision stopped short of #threats issued by #Hegseth & the #Pentagon, including that it could invoke the Defense Production Act to require Anthropic's compliance. The Pentagon had also said it considered designating #Anthropic a #SupplyChain risk, a step previously only used against businesses tied to foreign adversaries. But #Trump vowed further action if Anthropic did not cooperate with the phaseout. #law #AI #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec

#Anthropic had sought guarantees that its #AI would not be used for fully #AutonomousWeapons or for mass #domestic #surveillance - applications in which the #Pentagon claimed it had no interest [wink wink nudge nudge]. #law #privacy #security #InfoSec #Trump #fascism

#Anthropic said it would fight the blacklisting in court. In a blog post late Friday, the company said that it believed the wide-reaching ban #Hegseth described was not permitted by federal #law & that the designation of the company as a #SupplyChainRisk was “legally unsound.” [pretty good bet] #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

The company wrote that, “Designating #Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company.” The unsigned blog post added: “We are deeply saddened by these developments.” #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

Earlier in the week, Jeff Dean, #Google’s chief #AI scientist, said he was opposed to the #technology being used for #surveillance & repeated his long-standing opposition to #AutonomousWeapons. #SamAltman, #OpenAI’s chief executive, said Friday that it was important for AI companies to find ways to work with the #Pentagon but that he had concerns similar to those of his rival #Amodei. #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #Anthropic #tech #SupplyChainRisk #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

@tante@tldr.nettime.org What these factories will produce are weapons. You should think of #AI as dual-use technology. It has some civilian uses, but the tip of the spear is in #military and surveillance. #Weapons don't have to be elegant. They don't need to hit every time, as long as you have a lot of them. That's what modern ML does best. AI tools will accelerate development of weapons. Especially #autonomousweapons. These data centers will undoubtedly become the nerve centers of a global world tyranny.

Surveillance bot is admonishing National Guard because of course it is. Tell me again why we need automous weapons and they'll not turn on those who deploy them. https://bsky.app/profile/noturtlesoup17.bsky.social/post/3mp7z4mcss22t #USpol #AutonomousWeapons #bots

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations | New Scientist This is the stuff #Palantir wants for their #autonomousweapons