Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on AI DoD model use
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Anthropic's CEO is meeting with the U.S. Defense Secretary to resolve disagreements over how the military can use the company's AI models (large language models trained to understand and generate text). Anthropic wants guarantees its technology won't be used for autonomous weapons (systems that make decisions without human control) or domestic surveillance, while the Department of Defense wants permission to use the models for any lawful purpose without restrictions.
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/anthropic-ai-dario-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth.html
First tracked: February 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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