Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Report

The Pentagon ​is considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic over its insistence on keeping some restrictions on how the U.S. military uses its ‌models, Axios ⁠reported ⁠on Saturday, citing an administration official.

The Pentagon is pushing four AI companies ​to let the military use their tools for “all lawful purposes,” including in areas ​of weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations, but Anthropic has not agreed to those terms and the Pentagon is ​getting fed up after months of negotiations, ⁠according to ‌the Axios report.