Reports have emerged that the Defense Department is pressuring Anthropic and an American AI company to strip safety guardrails from its systems for use in domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons without human oversight. This came just days before The Pentagon used Anthropic Claude AI tool in strikes against Iran and weeks after it reportedly used the tools in the operation in Venezuela. This is a massive change. Look, we all support advancements in AI. The United States needs to be the leader in AI development, including on frontier advancement issues. (16:49–17:00)
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Asserts that the Pentagon used Anthropic Claude AI tool in strikes against Iran and in an operation in Venezuela.
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