US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban
The Pentagon had canceled Anthropic's military contracts in March following the AI startup's refusal to remove safeguards on its Claude model. The conflict was initially triggered when an Anthropic executive had questioned the use of Claude during the military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3.
A US appeals court has upheld the Pentagon's decision to ban AI startup Anthropic from its supply chain. The ban was imposed in March after Anthropic refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model. According to the New Straits Times, the conflict began when Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demand to remove restrictions on using Claude for fully autonomous lethal weapons and mass domestic surveillance of Americans.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the ban under a 2018 law known as FASCSA, which enables the Defense Secretary to block a supplier if its technology poses a national security risk. The court's decision allows the Pentagon to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, effectively canceling its military contracts and barring other Pentagon contractors from using its technology.
An Anthropic executive had questioned the use of Claude during a military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, raising concerns about the company's willingness to cooperate with the Pentagon. Anthropic insists it cannot modify its models once delivered to the military, but the company determines the behavior of each new version, and the military must keep up to date on the latest offerings.
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