CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.

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Anthropic does not want its AI models to be used for autonomous weapons or to spy on Americans.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

The meeting between Hegseth and Amodei was confirmed by a defense official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Anthropic, maker of Claude, has been clear that it has ethical concerns over unchecked government use of AI.

CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all its ethical guidelines.