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BeauHD @ Slashdot 1 place · 02/26/2026 22:30 EDT

Anthropic CEO Says AI Company 'Cannot In Good Conscience Accede' To Pentagon

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Pentagon's demands to allow wider use of its technology. The maker of the AI chatbot Claude said in a statement that it's not walking away from negotiations, but that new contract language received from the Defense Department "made virtually no progress on preventing Claude's use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully au

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