"A growing number of current and former staff at OpenAI and Google have signed a joint petition opposing the use of their companies' AI tools for mass surveillance use and weapons that can kill without human oversight. The online petition, titled "We Will Not Be Divided," invites current and former employees from both companies to oppose what they see as dangerous directions for AI deployment."
"The petition said that the Department of War is threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to provide its AI model to the military and "tailor its model to the military's needs," potentially labeling the company a "supply chain risk" if it refuses. "The Pentagon is negotiating with Google and OpenAI to try to get them to agree to what Anthropic has refused," the petition added."
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had set a deadline for Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to provide the US military sweeping access to the company's AI model, warning of potential consequences if it declined. "The only reason we're still talking to these people is we need them and we need them now," a Defense official stated."
More than 220 current and former employees from OpenAI and Google have signed a joint petition titled "We Will Not Be Divided" opposing the deployment of their companies' AI tools for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems lacking human control. The petition addresses Pentagon pressure on AI companies to provide military access, with the Department of Defense reportedly threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act against Anthropic to force compliance. The petition warns that the Pentagon is negotiating with Google and OpenAI to secure agreements that Anthropic has refused, raising concerns about dangerous directions for AI deployment and the potential militarization of advanced AI systems without adequate safeguards.
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