AI company Anthropic raised issue with the government because they feel their product could be used for mass surveillance of US citizens and to direct autonomous military robots (Time). Their contract with the government specifically prohibits these applications.
US saboteur in chief Donald Trump responded by throwing a fit and ordering the government to cut all ties with Anthropic (Associated Press). The administration began to criticize Anthropic for having democrats on it’s board. Secretary of fake regime change wars Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic as a “supply chain risk.” He also threatened to use the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to let the government use it’s product against the contract (Politico).
Donald and Pete really want to use the Claude AI to spy on Americans!
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud – Fortune
Palantier, the company owned by Peter Theil, has been working with Trump extensively. His company’s software has slithered it’s way into every part of the government’s databases and has access to almost all the information stored there. This poses at least two threats. Who exactly has access to all this information, some of it classified and some personal? The other is that their product can definitely be used for mass surveillance. Thiel and Palantir have not the moral objections that the staff of Anthropic does.
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- ‘Attempted corporate murder’: Trump’s threats against Anthropic chill AI industry Politico
- Trump orders US agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in clash over AI safety AP
- Big Tech backs Anthropic in fight against Trump administration BBC
- Why Palantir’s success story is also a warning about government surveillance Cybernews
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud Fortune