Commentary: Tussle between Pentagon and Anthropic is dark news for ‘ethical AI’

Adrian Bogdan

Hours after Trump denounced Anthropic, the US launched strikes on Iran, reportedly planned with the aid of the company’s software, says this academic. MELBOURNE: In the leadup to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks on Iran, the US Department of Defense was locked in tense negotiations with artificial intelligence company Anthropic over exactly how the Pentagon could use the firm’s technology . Anthropic wanted guarantees its Claude systems would not be used for purposes such as domestic