WASHINGTON: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.The company said in a statement that it’s not walking away from negotiation but that new contract language received from the Defense Department “made virtually no progress on preventing Claude’s use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons.”The Pentagon’s top spokesman has reiterated that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in legal ways and will no

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

Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield