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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has publicly refused to comply with US Department of War demands to remove safety guardrails from Claude for military use. The Pentagon wants unrestricted military access to Claude, including for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. Amodei argues current AI is not reliable enough to safely power autonomous weapons without risking harm to US troops and civilians, and that mass surveillance enabled by AI outpaces existing legal frameworks. Anthropic offered to collaborate on R&D to improve reliability but the Pentagon declined. The standoff sets up a confrontation with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who gave Anthropic a Friday deadline to comply or face contract cancellation and penalties.

Anthropic to Pentagon: Robo-weapons could hurt US troops