> OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic and the Pentagon: no AI for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons. > > Why it matters: If other leading firms like Google...
> I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries. > > Anthropic has therefore worked proactively to deploy our models to the Department of War and the intelligence community. We were the first frontier...
> The Pentagon asked two major defense contractors on Wednesday to provide an assessment of their reliance on Anthropic's AI model, Claude — a first step toward a potential designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk," Axios has learned. > > Why it matters: That penalty is usually reserved...
> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access to its AI model or face harsh penalties, Axios has learned. > > The big picture: Hegseth told Amodei in a tense meeting on Tuesday that the Pentagon will either cut...
> One seemingly-necessary condition for a research organization that creates artificial superintelligence (ASI) to eventually lead to a utopia1 is that the organization has a commitment to the common good. ASI can rearrange the world to hit any narrow target, and if the organization is able to solve the rest...
> If the new technology is as dangerous as its makers say, great power competition becomes suicidally reckless. Only international cooperation can ensure AI serves humanity instead of worsening war. > > Dario Amodei, the CEO of leading AI company Anthropic, has written a 19,000 word warning that AI technology...
> A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.” > > OpenAI employees in San Francisco were told to stay inside the office on Friday afternoon after the company purportedly received a threat from an individual who...