Trump says he fired Anthropic ‘like dogs’ as negotiations with Pentagon reportedly restart
Reports say talks have resumed between defense department and startup over military’s use of company’s AI
TL;DR
- Donald Trump claimed he ordered the federal government to cease using Anthropic's technology.
- Reports indicate negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the military's use of AI have resumed.
- Anthropic's AI is integrated into Palantir's Maven system, used in recent strikes on Iran.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been in discussions with the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
- Amodei criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his company's deal with the military, calling Altman's safety claims 'safety theater'.
- Anthropic refused a Pentagon deal due to concerns about domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a 'supply-chain risk', a move Anthropic intends to sue over.
- The Pentagon also announced a deal with OpenAI, which later faced scrutiny and amendments.
- Anthropic's recent $60bn financing round is reportedly jeopardized by the dispute.