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The DOD wants to be able to use Anthropix AI for, quote, any lawful use.
But the company has drawn a line saying it does not want its AI models used for domestic mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons.
This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist Anthropic over those limits.
Now, Anthropic CEO Dario Amode says in a statement his company cannot in good conscience accede to the DoD demands.
He says in some cases, AI can undermine rather than defend democratic values.
and threats from the DOD do not change Anthropic's position.
DOD spokesperson Sean Parnell said on social media the Pentagon has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans or to use AI to develop fully autonomous weapons.
The DoD wants to be able to use Anthropic's AI for, quote, any lawful use, but the company has drawn a line saying it does not want its AI models used for domestic mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons.
This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist Anthropic over those limits.
Now, Anthropic CEO Dario Amode says in a statement his company cannot in good conscience accede to the DoD demands.
He says in some cases, AI can undermine rather than defend democratic values.
and threats from the DOD do not change Anthropic's position.
DOD spokesperson Sean Parnell said on social media the Pentagon has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans or to use AI to develop fully autonomous weapons.
NVIDIA has become the world's biggest company by selling the most coveted chips for artificial intelligence data centers.
The company says last quarter its sales grew 73% year on year and its profits leapt 94% to $43 billion.
This comes at a time when markets have been jittery about whether major spending on AI across the industry will translate into profits.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says AI has fundamentally changed computing and spending on it is the path to profit and growth.
But his company is under immense pressure.