Hegseth pressures Anthropic; AfD wins Germany extremist label
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressing Anthropic to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology, according to an AP report, raising a stark dispute over ethics, surveillance, and autonomy in warfare. The report says Hegseth gave CEO Dario Amo
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to open its AI for unrestricted military use or risk losing a Pentagon contract, according to an AP report. The report says Hegseth gave CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline, and officials warned of additional steps, including a supply-chain risk designation or use of the Defense Production Act. Amodei, the AP report says, would not cross two lines: fully autonomous military targeting operations and domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens. In Germany, a Cologne court temporarily barred the domestic intelligence agency from calling the AfD a “right-wing extremist” group until a final ruling, after the party challenged the label announced last May.
Topics Covered
- 🔬 Pentagon pressure campaign over Anthropic’s AI and military use
- 🏛️ Ethical red lines: autonomous targeting and domestic surveillance
- 💼 Defense AI contracts and the GenAI.mil internal network
- 🌍 Germany court injunction on the AfD “extremist” label and what it changes
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