Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over AI-controlled weapons

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Published3 months ago
Duration11:09
Video IDKBF2GTTK1JU
Languageen
CategoryNews & Politics
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today, as the Pentagon threatens the AI company with what could amount to a government blacklist. At issue is the guardrails Anthropic placed on its AI models. The Pentagon, which has a $200 million contract with Anthropic, wants the company to lift its restrictions for the military to be able to use the model for “all lawful use,” according to a source familiar with the discussions. 0:00 Pentagon clashes with Anthropic 0:33 Pentagon wants unrestricted lawful use of AI 2:20 AI surveillance uses 3:47 Pentagon threatens to blacklist Anthropic 6:06 "...not a friendly meeting." 5:59 Anthropic's guardrails 8:31 Is Claude too useful to blacklist? Watch more CNN here: https://cnn.it/4kh5RPe #AI #Pentagon #News

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