"I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries. Anthropic has therefore worked proactively to deploy our models to the Department of War and the intelligence community."
"Anthropic has never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner, but in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values—specifically mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons."
"Partial autonomous weapons are vital to the defense of democracy and fully autonomous weapons may eventually prove critical for national defense, but today, frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons."
Anthropic has refused the Department of Defense's demands for unrestricted access to its AI systems, maintaining two core positions: opposition to mass surveillance of Americans and lethal autonomous weapons without human oversight. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to renegotiate AI contracts with all major labs, with OpenAI and xAI reportedly accepting new terms. Anthropic's refusal prompted Hegseth to summon CEO Dario Amodei to the White House and issue an end-of-business Friday ultimatum. Amodei stated the company supports AI for national defense and intelligence operations but believes certain applications undermine democratic values. He acknowledged partial autonomous weapons as vital for defense while arguing current frontier AI systems lack sufficient reliability for fully autonomous weapons deployment.
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